High-performance of nanoparticles and their effects on the mechanical, thermal stability and UV-shielding properties of PMMA nanocomposites

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 23-32

  Moustafa, Hesham ^a   Darwish, Nabila A ^a   Youssef, Ahmed M ^c   Reda, Sameh M ^b   El Wakil, Abd El Aziz A ^a  

^a National Institute of Standards   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; PMMA nanocomposites; Tensile properties; Thermogravimetric analysis; UV visible spectra; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044922885     PISSN: 04492285     EISSN: 23570245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2017.1932.1159     Document Type: Article

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