Advances in the Production of Poly(Lactic Acid) Fibers. A Review

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Polymer Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 479-503

  Agrawal, Ashwini K ^a   Bhalla, Rahul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MELT SPINNING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; HELIX STRUCTURE; STEREOCOMPLEX FIBERS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0347380870     PISSN: 15321797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/MC-120025975     Document Type: Review

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