Injection molding of a starch/EVOH blend aimed as an alternative biomaterial for temporary applications

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1303-1315

  Sousa, Rui A ^a,b   Kalay, Gürhan ^a   Reis, Rui L ^b   Cunha, António M ^b   Bevis, Michael J ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INJECTION MOLDING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SOLIDIFICATION; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; PHASE MISCIBILITY; SHEAR CONTROLLED ORIENTATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0033691126     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4628(20000808)77:6<1303::AID-APP15>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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