Enhanced molecular level dispersion and interface bonding at low loading of modified graphene oxide to fabricate super nylon 12 composites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3142-3151

  Roy, Sunanda ^a   Tang, Xiuzhi ^a   Das, Tanya ^b   Zhang, Liying ^a   Li, Yongmei ^a   Ting, Sun ^a   Hu, Xiao ^a   Yue, C Y ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

graphene; nanocomposite; PEI; tensile strength; XPS; Youngs modulus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYAMIDES; POLYETHERIMIDES; POLYETHYLENES; RAYON; TENSILE STRENGTH; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; INTERFACE BONDING; MOLECULAR LEVELS; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER MATRICES; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; YOUNGS MODULUS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84922779568     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5074408     Document Type: Article

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