Enhanced thermal and mechanical properties of epoxy composites by mixing noncovalently functionalized graphene sheets

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 453-472

  Zeng, Cen ^a   Lu, Shaorong ^a   Xiao, Xiane ^a   Gao, Jian ^a   Pan, Lulu ^a   He, Zihai ^a   Yu, Jinhong ^a,b  

^a GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Epoxy resin; Liquid crystal polyurethane; Perylenetetracarboxylic derivatives; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPOXY RESINS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT STRENGTH; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYURETHANES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HEXAMETHYLENE DIISOCYANATE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYURETHANES; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923651262     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: 14362449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-014-1280-5     Document Type: Article

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