Improvement of interaction in and properties of PMMA-MWNT nanocomposites through microwave assisted acid treatment of MWNT

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Zanotto, A ^a   Luyt, A S ^b   Spinella, A ^a   Caponetti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Microwave assisted purification; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite structure; PMMA; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZED; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; PMMA; PROCESSING TIME; SOLUBLE DERIVATIVES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84872291436     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.10.030     Document Type: Article

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