Nucleation Ability of Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide for Polylactide: Role of Size and Structural Integrity

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 4777-4787

  Liang, Yuan Ying ^a   Yang, Su ^a   Jiang, Xin ^a   Zhong, Gan Ji ^a   Xu, Jia Zhuang ^a   Li, Zhong Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEATION; POLYESTERS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; ULTRASONICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; IN-SITU SYNCHROTRONS; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); ULTRASOUND INTENSITY; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84926483365     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511742b     Document Type: Article

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