Graphene reinforced biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) nano-composites

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-328

  Sridhar, V ^a   Lee, I ^a   Chun, H H ^a   Park, H ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Graphene; Polymer composites; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL TESTING; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

4-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE MORPHOLOGIES; NANO COMPOSITE; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLY--3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SOLUTION CASTING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84873467124     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.29     Document Type: Article

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