Characterization of polylactide-b-polyisoprene-b-polylactide thermoplastic elastomers

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 216-223

  Frick, Esther M ^a   Zalusky, Andrew S ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPHASE ALIGNMENT;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULI; MORPHOLOGY; POLYISOPRENES; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY; X RAY SCATTERING;

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

ALUMINUM; COPOLYMER; ELASTOMER; ISOPRENE; PLASTIC; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION SCATTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELASTOMERS; HEMITERPENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYESTERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0037734335     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm025628b     Document Type: Article

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