Processing of biodegradable blends of wheat gluten and modified polycaprolactone

Polymer

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2883-2895

  John, Jacob ^a   Tang, Jian ^a   Bhattacharya, Mrinal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable blends; Polycaprolactone; Wheat gluten

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; PLASTICS EXTRUDERS; POLYETHERS; PROTEINS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION;

GLUTEN; TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032094727     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(97)00553-3     Document Type: Article

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