Structural study of poly(L-lactic-acid) spherulites

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 553-558

  Gazzano, Massimo ^a   Focarete, Maria Letizia ^a   Riekel, Christian ^b   Scandola, Mariastella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; MACROMOLECULES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SPHERULITES; X-RAY REFLECTIONS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERIODICITY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DRUG CARRIERS; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 1642566505     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm0343951     Document Type: Article

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