Enhanced thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy composites by mixing thermotropic liquid crystalline epoxy grafted graphene oxide

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 467-479

  Qi, B ^a   Lu, S R ^a   Xiao, X E ^a   Pan, L L ^a   Tan, F Z ^a   Yu, J H ^a  

^a GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Thermal properties; Thermotropic liquid crystalline epoxy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FILLERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; LIQUIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EPOXY COMPOSITE; EPOXY MATRICES; FLEXURAL MODULUS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; REINFORCING FILLERS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84899742504     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2014.51     Document Type: Article

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