Structure of polymer layers grafted to nanoparticles in silica-polystyrene nanocomposites

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4670-4683

  Vogiatzis, Georgios G ^a   Theodorou, Doros N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING DENSITIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; NEUTRON SCATTERING SPECTRA; POLYMERIC BRUSHES; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; THEORETICAL MODELS;

BRUSHES; MEAN FIELD THEORY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICA;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84878979448     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma400107q     Document Type: Article

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