Recent advances in nanocomposite materials of graphene derivatives with polysaccharides

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 652-683

  Terzopoulou, Zoi ^a   Kyzas, George Z ^a   Bikiaris, Dimitrios N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alginates; Applications; Cellulose; Chitosan; Graphene; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Polysaccharides; Starch

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; APPLICATIONS; CELLULOSE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH;

2D STRUCTURES; BIO-BASED POLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RESEARCH FRONTIERS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923684010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8020652     Document Type: Review

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