Properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) composites with flax fibres modified by plasticiser absorption

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Volumn 287, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 647-655

  Wong, Susan ^a   Shanks, Robert ^a   Hodzic, Alma ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofibers; Biopolymers; Dynamic mechanical properties; Morphology; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; PLASTICIZER; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ABSORPTION; ADHESION; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLAX; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0037206962     PISSN: 14387492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1439-2054(200210)287:10<647::AID-MAME647>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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