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International Journal of Polymer Science
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 967276, 8 pages
Properties of Natural Rubber-Based Composites Containing Fullerene
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia
4Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridski Boule vard., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
5Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
Received 9 March 2012; Revised 3 June 2012; Accepted 17 October 2012
Academic Editor: Qinmin Pan
Copyright © 2012 Omar A. Al-Hartomy et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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