Crystallization of Poly(ε-caprolactone) composites with graphite nanoplatelets: Relations between nucleation and platelet thickness

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 612, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-33

  Lv, Qiaolian ^a   Wu, Defeng ^a   Qiu, Yaxin ^a   Chen, Jianxiang ^a   Yao, Xin ^a   Ding, Kunshan ^a   Wei, Nengxin ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composites; Crystallization; Graphene nanosheets; Graphite nanoplatelets; Kinetics; Poly( caprolactone)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; NUCLEATION; PLATELETS;

CAPROLACTONE; CRYSTALLIZATION ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; GRAPHITE NANOPLATELETS; GRAPHITE STRUCTURES; NUCLEATION ACTIVITY; POLY (EPSILONCAPROLACTONE);

GRAPHITE;

EID: 84929412563     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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