Preparation of graphene/polymer composites by direct exfoliation of graphite in functionalised block copolymer matrix

Carbon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-155

  Liu, Zhen ^a   Liu, Jingquan ^a   Cui, Liang ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Luo, Xiong ^a   Barrow, Colin J ^b   Yang, Wenrong ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMER MATRIX; GRAPHENE SHEETS; MACRO-RAFT AGENT; ORGANIC MEDIA; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; TUNABLE CONDUCTIVITY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84868109027     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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