PE/PEO blends compatibilized by PE brush immobilized on MWNTs: Improved interfacial and structural properties

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 16250-16259

  Mural, Prasanna Kumar S ^a   Rana, Manish Singh ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a   Bose, Suryasarathi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL-FUNCTIONALIZED; COVALENT COUPLINGS; COVALENT GRAFTING; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-SITU GRAFTING; MULTI-WALLED NANOTUBES; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

CHAINS; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

BRUSHES;

EID: 84898065299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra01961j     Document Type: Article

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