Crystal morphologies and enzymatic degradation of melt-crystallized thin films of random copolyesters of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid with (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acids

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 467-478

  Kikkawa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Abe, Hideki ^a,b   Iwata, Tadahisa ^b   Inoue, Yoshio ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization process; Enzymatic degradation; Lamellar crystals; Melt crystallized thin films; Poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid)s

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; POLYESTERS; SOLUTIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LAMELLAR CRYSTALS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0036224295     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(02)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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