Enhancement of dispersion and bonding of graphene-polymer through wet transfer of functionalized graphene oxide

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1017-1031

  Gudarzi, M Moazzami ^a   Sharif, F ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epoxy; Functionalization; Graphene; Nanocomposites; Rheology

Indexed keywords

AMINO FUNCTIONALIZATION; EPOXY; EPOXY MATRICES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANO SCALE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SINGLE LAYER; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TWO-PHASE EXTRACTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84867249418     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.107     Document Type: Article

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