Graphene oxide and hyperbranched polymer-toughened hydrogels with improved absorption properties and durability

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3457-3466

  Yu, Yang ^a   De Andrade, Leandro Carvalho Xavier ^a   Fang, Liming ^b   Ma, Jun ^c   Zhang, Wenjing ^d   Tang, Youhong ^a  

^a Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENDRIMERS; HYDROGELS; NANOSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION ABILITIES; ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID );

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84923701740     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-8905-4     Document Type: Article

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