Crystallization behavior and biodegradation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(ethylene glycol) multiblock copolymers

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1240-1246

  Zhao, Qiang ^a   Cheng, Guoxiang ^a   Song, Cunjiang ^b   Zeng, Yi ^a   Tao, Jian ^b   Zhang, Liguang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Multiblock copolymers; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate) (PHB); Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG); Soil suspension

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRESS;

LONG-CHAIN MOLECULES; MULTIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) (PHB); SOIL SUSPENSION; WEIGHT LOSS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 33646373236     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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