Chemical modification of starch based biodegradable polymeric blends: Effects on water uptake, degradation behaviour and mechanical properties

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-170

  Demirgöz, Döne ^a,b   Elvira, Carlos ^a   Mano, João F ^a   Cunha, Antonio M ^a   Piskin, Erhan ^b   Reis, Rui L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STARCH; WATER;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; POLYCAPROLACTONE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0034517027     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(00)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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