Nanocomposites of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and montmorillonite clay: Synthesis and characterization

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-608

  Rajapakse, R M G ^a   Higgins, Simon ^b   Velauthamurty, Kuhamoorthy ^a,b   Bandara, H M N ^a   Wijeratne, Salinda ^a   Rajapakse, R M M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brittle fiber; fracture morphology; strain rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001187394     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998310377935     Document Type: Article

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