Ultra-Fast Layer-by-Layer Approach for Depositing Flame Retardant Coatings on Flexible PU Foams within Seconds

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 6315-6319

  Carosio, F ^a   Alongi, J ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

chitosan; cone calorimetry; fast deposition; flame retardancy; layer by layer; polyurethane foams

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; COATINGS; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYURETHANES; RIGID FOAMED PLASTICS;

CONE CALORIMETRY; FAST DEPOSITION; FLAME RETARDANCY; LAYER BY LAYER; POLYURETHANE FOAM;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84962209593     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00598     Document Type: Article

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