Miscibility and the specific interaction of polyhydroxybutyrate blended with polyvinylacetate and poly(vinyl acetate-co-vinyl alcohol) with some biological applications

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2363-2374

  Abou Aiad, T H ^a   El Sabee, M Z ^b   Abd El Nour, K N ^a   Saad, G R ^b   El Sayed, El Sayed A ^a   Gaafar, E A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Blends; Compatibility; Dielectric properties; DSC

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYVINYL ACETATES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPATIBILITY; CRYSTALLINITY; DISK DIFFUSION METHOD; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; SPECIFIC INTERACTION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

BIODEGRADABILITY; POLYMER BLEND;

EID: 0037191572     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.11137     Document Type: Article

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