Copper/carbon core shell nanoparticles as additive for natural fiber/wood plastic blends

BioResources

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3213-3222

  Wu, Qinglin ^a,b   Lei, Yong ^b   Lian, Kun ^c   Qi, Yadong ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper carbon; Mold; Nano particle; Roof shingles; Termite; WPC

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO FIBERS; BIOLOGICAL RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE STRENGTH; CONDUCTIVITY PROPERTIES; COPPER-CARBON; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS; MELT-COMPOUNDING; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TERMITE; WPC;

BAMBOO; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON BLACK; COUPLING AGENTS; FIBERS; FUNGI; MOLDS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER BLENDS;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HERPES ZOSTER; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84865791638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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