Miscibility, thermal properties, and enzymatic degradability of binary blends of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] with poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide)

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5843-5851

  Koyama, Naoyuki ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITION; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ALCALIGENESIS FAECALIS; BINARY BLENDS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADABILITY; METHANOLYSIS; POLYCAPROLACTONE COLACTIDE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; RANDOM SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION; RHIZOPUS DELEMAR;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0030215611     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960119l     Document Type: Article

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