Melt rheology of polylactide/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) blends

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-85

  Gu, Shu Ying ^a,b   Zhang, Ke ^c   Ren, Jie ^a,b   Zhan, Hui ^c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blends; Poly(butylene adipate co terephthalate); Polylactide; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; MELTING; PHASE MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

FLOW ACTIVATION ENERGY; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; POLYLACTIDE; RELAXATION MODULI;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 44949111371     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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