Development and characterization of amorphous thermoplastic matrix graphene nanocomposites

Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1972-1985

  Greco, Antonio ^a   Timo, Alessia ^a   Maffezzoli, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Graphene; Nanocomposite; Thermoplastic matrix

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF DISPERSION; DIELECTRIC ANALYSIS; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; NANO-FILLERS; NANO-PLATELETS; NANOFILLER; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISPERSIONS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; INTERCALATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84870030307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma5101972     Document Type: Article

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