Highly aligned, ultralarge-size reduced graphene oxide/polyurethane nanocomposites: Mechanical properties and moisture permeability

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-50

  Yousefi, Nariman ^a   Gudarzi, Mohsen Moazzami ^a,b   Zheng, Qingbin ^a   Lin, Xiuyi ^a   Shen, Xi ^a   Jia, Jingjing ^a   Sharif, Farhad ^b   Kim, Jang Kyo ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nano structures; A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; DEGREE OF ORIENTATION; HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MOISTURE PERMEABILITY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS); REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; WATERBORNE POLYURETHANE;

ASPECT RATIO; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; MOISTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYURETHANES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875144393     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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