Processing and in vitro degradation of starch/EVOH thermoplastic blends

Polymer International

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-352

  Reis, Rui L ^a,b   Mendes, Sandra C ^b,c   Cunha, António M ^c   Bevis, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Biomaterials; Degradation; Processing; Sterilisation

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANISOTROPY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; DUCTILITY; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; PROTEINS; RHEOLOGY; STARCH; STIFFNESS;

ETHYLENE OXIDE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL; HANK'S SALT SOLUTION; SHEAR CONTROLLED ORIENTATION INJECTION MOLDING (SCORIM);

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031212625     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0126(199708)43:4<347::aid-pi764>3.3.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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