Advanced multifunctional graphene aerogel - Poly (methyl methacrylate) composites: Experiments and modeling

Carbon

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 396-404

  Fan, Zeng ^a,b   Gong, Feng ^a   Nguyen, Son T ^a   Duong, Hai M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; DISPERSIONS; ESTERS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL GRAPHENE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMAL BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84922816254     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.072     Document Type: Article

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