Rational design of multiamphiphilic polymer compatibilizers: Versatile solubility and hybridization of noncovalently functionalized CNT nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9841-9850

  Cho, Kie Yong ^a,b   Yeom, Yong Sik ^a   Seo, Heun Young ^a   Park, Young Hun ^a   Jang, Ha Na ^b   Baek, Kyung Youl ^b   Yoon, Ho Gyu ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

amphiphilic block copolymer; carbon nanotube; hybrid composites; nanocomposites; noncovalent functionalization; solubility manipulation

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPATIBILIZERS; COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS; SILVER; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YARN;

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; AMPHIPHILIC POLYMERS; CNT NANO COMPOSITES; DISPERSION PROPERTIES; DISPERSION STABILITY; HYBRID COMPOSITES; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84929208774     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01849     Document Type: Article

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