A High‐Performance Recycling Solution for Polystyrene Achieved by the Synthesis of Renewable Poly(thioether) Networks Derived from d‐Limonene. (19th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hearon, Keith; Nash, Landon D.; Rodriguez, Jennifer N.; Lonnecker, Alexander T.; Raymond, Jeffery E.; Wilson, Thomas S.; Wooley, Karen L.; Maitland, Duncan J.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 10(2014)
• Page Start: 1552
• Page End: 1558
• Publication Date: 2013-11-19
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304370
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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