Issue 46, 2008
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Carbonization of polyethylene on gold oxide†

Sarmimala Hore,*a   Gerhard Kaiser,b   Yong-Sheng Hu,a   Armin Schulz,a   Mitsuharu Konuma,a   Gabriele Götz,a   Wilfried Sigle,b   Aswin Verhoevena  and  Joachim Maiera  

* Corresponding authors

a Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart, Germany

b Max Planck Institute for Metal Research, Heisenbergstrasse 3, Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract

Carbon layers are formed when gold oxide reacts under mild thermal conditions with molten aliphatic polymers such as polyethylene. This formation of carbon at relatively low temperature from chemically resistant polymers by addition of gold oxide to the polymers was unforeseen.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B812430B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jul 2008
Accepted
07 Oct 2008
First published
23 Oct 2008

J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 5589-5591

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Carbonization of polyethylene on gold oxide

S. Hore, G. Kaiser, Y. Hu, A. Schulz, M. Konuma, G. Götz, W. Sigle, A. Verhoeven and J. Maier, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 5589 DOI: 10.1039/B812430B

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