Nanoindentation of annealed Nafion/sulfonated graphene oxide nanocomposite membranes for the measurement of mechanical properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 451, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-45

  Lee, Sangmin ^a   Choi, Bong Gill ^b   Choi, Dukhyun ^a   Park, Ho Seok ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Composite membranes; Nanocomposites; Nanoindentation; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE; HARDNESS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOINDENTATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

ANNEALING;

NAFION SULFONATED GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DISPERSION; HARDNESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOINDENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 84886244075     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.09.038     Document Type: Article

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