Nucleation mechanisms of aromatic polyesters, PET, PBT, and PEN, on single-wall carbon nanotubes: Early nucleation stages

Journal of Nanomaterials

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Espinoza Martínez, Adriana ^a   Avila Orta, Carlos ^a   Cruz Delgado, Víctor ^a   Olvera Neria, Oscar ^b   González Torres, Julio ^b   Medellín Rodríguez, Francisco ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYESTERS; AROMATIC RINGS; DILUTED SOLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HELICAL MORPHOLOGIES; MORPHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; NANOTUBE AXIS; NANOTUBE SURFACE; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; NUCLEATION STAGES; POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; POLYMER CHAINS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATION; STEP CHAINS;

AROMATIC POLYMERS; AROMATIZATION; BUTENES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84867890210     PISSN: 16874110     EISSN: 16874129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/189820     Document Type: Article

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