Polypropylene nanocomposites reinforced with low weight percent graphene nanoplatelets

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-107

  Bafana, Adarsh Pradip ^a,c   Yan, Xingru ^b   Wei, Xin ^a   Patel, Manisha ^a   Guo, Zhanhu ^b   Wei, Suying ^c   Wujcik, Evan K ^a  

^a Lamar University   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene nanoplatelets (GnP); Polymer nanocomposites; Polypropylene (PP)

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; MATERIAL SCIENCE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYPROPYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SOLUTION MIXING METHODS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84994056997     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.10.048     Document Type: Article

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