Polylactide (PLA) designed with desired end-use properties: 1. PLA compositions with low molecular weight ester-like plasticizers and related performances

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 636-646

  Murariu, Marius ^a   Da Silva Ferreira, Amália ^a   Alexandre, Michaël ^b   Dubois, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Mechanical properties; Miscibility; Plasticization; Poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GLASS TRANSITION; IMPACT STRENGTH; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROCHEMICALS; PLASTICIZERS; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ADIPATE; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; END USE PROPERTIES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE (TG); HIGH ELONGATION; HIGH IMPACT; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT (HMW); HIGH-TENSILE STRENGTH; IMPACT PROPERTIES; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT (LMW); MECHANICAL PERFORMANCES; PETROCHEMICAL POLYMERS; POLYLACTIDE (PLLA); RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADABILITY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PLASTICIZING AGENT; POLYLACTIC ACID; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 47149100163     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1131     Document Type: Article

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