In situ thermal reduction of graphene nanosheets based poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites with effective reinforcements

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 649-658

  Sheng, Xinxin ^a   Xie, Delong ^a   Cai, Wenxi ^a   Zhang, Xinya ^a   Zhong, Li ^a   Zhang, Huiping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTERS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL REDUCTION;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84921652154     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie5035978     Document Type: Article

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