Recent developments in sulfur-containing polymers

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-267

  Kausar, Ayesha ^a,b   Zulfiqar, Sonia ^c   Sarwar, Muhammad Ilyas ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Pakistan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Flame retardant; Fuel cell materials; High performance characteristics; Sulfur containing polymers

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; FUEL CELLS;

FUEL CELL MATERIALS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; POLYMER BACKBONES; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SULFUR-CONTAINING POLYMERS;

SULFUR;

EID: 84897972103     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2013.863209     Document Type: Review

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