Improvement of thermal and mechanical properties of poly(L-lactic acid) with 4,4-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 439-443

  Li, Bo Hsin ^a   Yang, Ming Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

4,4 methylene diphenyl diisocyanate; Degradation; Glass transition; Mechanical properties; Poly(L lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

METHYLENE DIPHENYL DIISOCYANATE (MDI); POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYLACTIC ACID; THERMAL PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 33747593866     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.731     Document Type: Article

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