NMR characterization of blends of poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate) with poly(vinyl acetate)

Polymer International

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1780-1789

  Hill, David J T ^a   Markotsis, Martin ^a   Whitakker, Andrew K ^a   Wong, Kathy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Sola Research and Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopol; Blends; Poly(vinyl acetate); Solid state NMR; Spin diffusion

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; PROTONS;

INTER-LAMELLAR SPACE; NANOMETERS;

POLYVINYL ACETATES;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 0345393288     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1289     Document Type: Article

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