Poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene glycol) polymer nanocomposites: Effects of graphene nanoplatelets

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-104

  Chieng, Buong Woei ^a   Ibrahim, Nor Azowa ^a   Yunus, Wan Md Zin Wan ^b   Hussein, Mohd Zobir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Filler; Graphene nanoplatelets; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FILLERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GRAPHENE; LACTIC ACID; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYOLS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGREE OF DISPERSION; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY ANALYSIS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84906496079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6010093     Document Type: Article

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