• Effect of Compatibilizer and Graphene Nanoplate (GNP) Modification on the Compatibility of PP/GNP Composites

  • Chang Up Shim*, Hui Seok Chae, and Youn Cheol Kim†

  • Major in Polymer Science and Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-34 Cheonan way, Cheonan 31080, Korea
    *NCT, No. 1023, Cheonan G1 Biz Campus, Cheonan 31074, Korea

  • 폴리프로필렌/GNP 복합체의 상용성에 대한 상용화제 및 GNP 개질의 영향

  • 심창업* · 채희석 · 김연철†

  • 공주대학교 신소재공학부 고분자공학전공, *엔씨티

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(2): 268-273

    Published online Mar 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.2.268
  • Received on Sep 10, 2025
  • Revised on Nov 4, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 14, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Youn Cheol Kim

  • Major in Polymer Science and Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-34 Cheonan way, Cheonan 31080, Korea

  • E-mail: younkim@kongju.ac.kr