Cellulose alkyl ester/poly(ε-caprolactone) blends: Characterization of miscibility and crystallization behaviour

Cellulose

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Kusumi, Ryosuke ^a   Inoue, Yasuto ^b   Shirakawa, Masakazu ^b   Miyashita, Yoshiharu ^b   Nishio, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose alkyl ester; Crystallization behaviour; Miscibility; Poly( caprolactone); Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTERS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLUBILITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CELLULOSE ALKYL ESTER;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CELLULOSE ESTERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTERS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURE; POLYAMIDES; SOLUBILITY;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER BLEND;

EID: 38049029712     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-007-9144-x     Document Type: Article

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