A simple and green route to transparent boron nitride/PVA nanocomposites with significantly improved mechanical and thermal properties

Chinese Chemical Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-19

  Duan, Zhi Qiang ^a   Liu, Yi Tao ^a   Xie, Xu Ming ^a   Ye, Xiong Ying ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hexagonal boron nitride; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873713704     PISSN: 10018417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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