UV Cross-Linkable Lignin Thermoplastic Graft Copolymers

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1839-1845

  Wang, Chao ^a   Venditti, Richard A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization; Graft copolymer; Lignin; Thermoplastic; UV cross linking

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CROSSLINKING; CURING; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIGNIN; PLASTICS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STYRENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

CARBON FIBER PRECURSORS; DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; POLYMER NETWORKS; POLYSTYRENE COPOLYMER; SOLVENT RESISTANCE; SURFACE HARDNESS; UV-CROSSLINKING;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84938373428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00416     Document Type: Article

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