Hydrothermally resistant thermally reduced graphene oxide and multi-wall carbon nanotube based epoxy nanocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-526

  Starkova, O ^a   Chandrasekaran, S ^b   Prado, L A S A ^b   Tölle, Folke ^c   Mulhaupt R ^c   Schulte, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Hydrothermal ageing; Nanocomposite; Thermo mechanical properties; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; EPOXY POLYMERS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYDROTHERMAL AGEING; HYDROTHERMALLY; NEAT POLYMER; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSITION REGIONS; WATER SORPTION;

EPOXY RESINS; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SORPTION; WATER ABSORPTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84872119498     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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