Processing and assessment of high-performance poly(butylene terephthalate) nanocomposites reinforced with microwave exfoliated graphite oxide nanosheets

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1406-1423

  Bian, Jun ^a,b   Lin, Hai Lan ^a   He, Fei Xiong ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Wei, Xiao Wei ^a   Chang, I Ta ^b   Sancaktar, Erol ^b  

^a XIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical property; Mechanical property; Microwave exfoliated graphite oxide nanosheets (MEGONSs); Nanocomposites; Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; POLIES (BUTYLENES TEREPHTHALATE); POLY(BUTYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); RHEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR;

BUTENES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSHEETS; PLATELETS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84878739360     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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