Preparing conductive poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) functionalized graphene (PFG) by admicellar polymerization

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 209, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-27

  Lei, Lin ^a   Qiu, Jianhui ^a,b   Sakai, Eiichi ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Admicellar polymerization; Biodegradable; Conductive PLA; Functionalized graphene; Graphene nanosheets

Indexed keywords

ADMICELLAR POLYMERIZATION; BIODEGRADABLE; CONDUCTIVE PLA; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTERS; GRAPHENE; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS;

EID: 84865294676     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.07.114     Document Type: Article

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