The stability of poly(lactic acid) packaging films as influenced by humidity and temperature

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Holm, Vibeke K ^a   Ndoni, Sokol ^b   Risbo, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food packaging; Humidity; Moisture sorption; Number average molecular weight (Mn); Poly(lactic acid) (PLA); Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645370775     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.tb08895.x     Document Type: Article

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