In situ thermally reduced graphene oxide/epoxy composites: thermal and mechanical properties

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1015-1022

  Olowojoba, Ganiu B ^a   Eslava, Salvador ^a,b   Gutierrez, Eduardo S ^a   Kinloch, Anthony J ^a   Mattevi, Cecilia ^a   Rocha, Victoria G ^a   Taylor, Ambrose C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Glass transition temperature; Graphene oxide; In situ processing; Reduced graphene oxide; Tensile modulus; Thermal conductivity; Thermal reduction

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FILLERS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAPHENE OXIDE; IN SITU PROCESSING; POLYMERS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIC COMPOSITES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL REDUCTION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85010382442     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-016-0518-y     Document Type: Article

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