Influence of C60 fullerenes on the glass formation of polystyrene

Polymer

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-56

  Sanz, Alejandro ^a   Wong, Him Cheng ^a   Nedoma, Alisyn J ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^b   Cabral, João T ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fullerenes; Nanocomposites; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FULLERENES; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYSTYRENES; X RAY SCATTERING;

ALPHA RELAXATION; C60 FULLERENES; DISPERSIBILITIES; DISPERSION QUALITY; DYNAMIC FRAGILITY; GLASS FORMATION; PHYSICAL AGEING; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84929649429     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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