Original Article
  • Effects of Naphthalene-Modified Cationic Initiators on the Polymerization Stability and Thermal Conductivity of Epoxy Thermosets

  • Yewon Woo*, Yeonha Ju*, Naye Hong*, Munju Goh*†

  • *Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea

  • 나프탈렌 변형 양이온 개시제가 에폭시 열경화성 수지의 중합 안정성 및 열전도도에 미치는 영향

  • 우예원* · 주연하* · 홍나예* · 고문주*†

  • This article is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Correspondence to

  • Munju Goh

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea

  • E-mail: mgoh@konkuk.ac.kr