Mechanical and viscoelastic properties of chitin fiber reinforced poly(ε-caprolactone)

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 453-457

  Chen, Biqiong ^a,b   Sun, Kang ^a   Ren, Tao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin fiber; Interaction; Mechanical properties; Poly( caprolactone); Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FIBERS; HEALTH CARE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHITIN FIBERS; POLY(Ε-CAPROLACTONE); VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WOUND HEALING;

CHITIN;

EID: 12244286084     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2004.10.015     Document Type: Article

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