Solvent-Free and Highly Transparent SiO2 Nanoparticle-Polymer Composite with an Enhanced Moisture Barrier Property

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 35, 2016, Pages 9433-9439

  Jo, Chan Il ^a   Ko, Jieun ^a   Yin, Zhenxing ^a   Kim, Young Jae ^a   Kim, Youn Sang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOLECULES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE TREATMENT; TESTING;

ACCELERATED AGING; ENCAPSULATION LAYER; MOISTURE BARRIERS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; SURFACE INITIATED POLYMERIZATION; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84986570051     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01470     Document Type: Article

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