High-Performance Poly(ethylene oxide)/Molybdenum Disulfide Nanocomposite Films: Reinforcement of Properties Based on the Gradient Interface Effect

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13164-13173

  Feng, Xiaming ^a   Xing, Weiyi ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Yuan, Bihe ^a   Song, Lei ^a   Hu, Yuan ^a   Liew, Kim Meow ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

gradient interface; mechanical properties; MoS2< inf> nanosheets; noncovalent functionalization; poly(ethylene oxide); thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; ETHYLENE; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; OXIDE FILMS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

GRADIENT INTERFACES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; NON-COVALENT FUNCTIONALIZATION; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY (ETHYLENE OXIDE) (PEO); REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84932641043     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02312     Document Type: Article

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