Opportunities and challenges in the use of inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles to produce advanced polymer nanocomposites

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1163-1231

  Naffakh, Mohammed ^a,b   Díez Pascual, Ana M ^b   Marco, Carlos ^b   Ellis, Gary J ^b   Gómez Fatou, Marián A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inorganic fullerene like (IF) nanoparticles; Polymer nanocomposites; Thermal, mechanical and tribological properties

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HIGH IMPACT RESISTANCE; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLY(PHENYLENE SULFIDE); POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS;

CARBON FIBERS; DISPERSIONS; FULLERENES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; TRIBOLOGY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84879689071     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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