Enhanced thermal and mechanical properties of functionalized graphene/thiol-ene systems by photopolymerization technology

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 228, Issue , 2013, Pages 318-326

  Yu, Bin ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xing, Weiyi ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Lo, Siuming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Functionalized graphene; Photopolymerization; Thermal properties; Thiol ene composites

Indexed keywords

3-MERCAPTOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; THIOL-ENES;

CURING; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84878780197     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.04.093     Document Type: Article

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