Surface degradation of poly(L-lactic acid) fibres in a concentrated alkaline solution

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-52

  Yuan, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Mak, Arthur F T ^b   Yao, Kangde ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Concentrated alkaline solution; Poly(L lactic acid) fibres; Surface degradation

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

SURFACE DEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 0037210454     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(02)00237-9     Document Type: Article

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