Structural and mechanical properties of cellulose acetate/graphene hybrid nanofibers: Spectroscopic investigations

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 554-563

  Gopiraman, M ^a   Fujimori, K ^a   Zeeshan, K ^a   Kim, B S ^b   Kim, I S ^a  

^a Grad Sch Sci Technol Shinshu U   (Japan)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene; Mechanical properties; Molecular interactions; Nanofiber; Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER COMPOSITE; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHITE NOISE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84875871946     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.52     Document Type: Article

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