Graphene/polystyrene nanocomposites synthesized via Pickering emulsion polymerization

High Performance Polymers

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-165

  Zhang, Liyuan ^a,b   Shi, Tiejun ^a   Wu, Shengli ^a   Zhou, Haiou ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BENGBU COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; Pickering emulsion; polymerization; polystyrene; surfactant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894470800     PISSN: 09540083     EISSN: 13616412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954008313504440     Document Type: Article

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