Improving the transparency of stretched poly(ethylene terephthalate)/polyamide blends

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Prattipati, V ^a   Hu, Y S ^a   Bandi, S ^a   Mehta, S ^b   Schiraldi, D A ^a   Hiltner, A ^a   Baer, E ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b Invista   (United States)

Author keywords

Blends; Orientation; Transparency

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; COMPATIBILIZERS; MOLECULAR DEFORMATION; ORIENTATION;

DEFORMATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; POLYAMIDES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSPARENCY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; STRETCH; TRANSPARENCY;

EID: 30544447893     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.22463     Document Type: Article

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