Synthesis and characterization of the in situ bulk polymerization of PMMA containing graphene sheets using microwave irradiation

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 3152-3167

  Aldosari, Mohammad A ^a   Othman, Ali A ^b   Alsharaeh, Edreese H ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Graphene oxide; Methyl methacrylate; Microwave synthesis; Polymer

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHITE; MICROWAVES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84875596352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18033152     Document Type: Article

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