High-pressure synthesis of a polyethylene/zeolite nano-composite material

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Santoro, Mario ^a   Gorelli, Federico A ^b,c   Bini, Roberto ^b,d   Haines, Julien ^e   Van Der Lee, Arie ^f  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBON; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYETHYLENE; SILICALITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ETHYLENE; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROCARBON; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; POLYMERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; HIGH PRESSURE SYNTHESIS; NANOANALYSIS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84875910137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2564     Document Type: Article

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