Preparation and characterisation of biodegradable starch-based nanocomposite materials

Polymer International

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1767-1773

  McGlashan, Stewart A ^a   Halley, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodegradable film; Biodegradable nanocomposite; Starch based polymer

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE DISPERSION;

STARCH;

POLYESTER; STARCH;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CLAY; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILM; THERMAL ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITE;

EID: 0344531012     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1287     Document Type: Article

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