Thermal degradation behaviour of poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 197-208

  Fan, Yujiang ^a,b   Nishida, Haruo ^a   Shirai, Yoshihito ^b   Tokiwa, Yutaka ^c   Endo, Takeshi ^a,d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Poly(lactic acid); Polylactide; Pyrolysis; Stereocomplex; Thermal degradation; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

METHANOL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CYCLIC OLIGOMERS; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIDE; STEREOCOMPLEX;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 4944240923     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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