The fabrication and properties of a graphite nanosheet/polystyrene composite based on graphite nanosheets treated with supercritical water

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 50-57

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Li, Shichao ^a   Wu, Zhanjun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Nano composites; A. Polymers; B. Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INTERCALATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE; WATER TREATMENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE NANO-SHEETS; INTERCALATED GRAPHITE; STABLE DISPERSIONS; SUPERCRITICAL WATER; SUPERCRITICAL WATER TREATMENT; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84925611677     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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