Bio-Based Artificial Nacre with Excellent Mechanical and Barrier Properties Realized by a Facile in Situ Reduction and Cross-Linking Reaction

ACS Nano

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 325-334

  Shahzadi, Kiran ^a   Mohsin, Imran ^b   Wu, Lin ^c   Ge, Xuesong ^a   Jiang, Yijun ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Mu, Xindong ^a  

^a QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Qingdao Technical College   (China)

Author keywords

artificial nacre; bio based; graphene oxide; high strength and toughness; in situ reduction and cross linking

Indexed keywords

GEMS; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; SODIUM BORATE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL NACRE; BIO-BASED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; SITU REDUCTION;

CROSSLINKING;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; COMPOSITES; CROSS LINKING; FLAME RETARDANTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY;

BORIC ACID; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; GRAPHITE; OXIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NACRE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BORATES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NACRE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85018467146     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b05780     Document Type: Article

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