Polyamide 6/Graphene composites: The effect of in situ polymerisation on the structure and properties of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 353-362

  O'Neill, Aidan ^a   Bakirtzis, Dimitri ^a   Dixon, Dorian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; In situ polymerisation; Polyamide 6; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE OXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICALLY REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALISATION; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; POLYAMIDE 6; SITU POLYMERISATION; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERMALLY STABLE;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84988699959     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.07.038     Document Type: Article

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