Study on the Crystallization Kinetic and Characterization of Poly(lactic acid) and Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1289-1296

  Yeh, Jen Taut ^a,b,c   Yang, Ming Chien ^a   Wu, Ching Ju ^a   Wu, Xiong ^b   Wu, Chin San ^d  

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

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Science and Technology   (China)

^d KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blends; Crystallization kinetic; Poly(lactic acid); Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFRACTION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTIC ACID; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ABSORBANCE PEAKS; BLENDS; CARBONYL GROUPS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETIC; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HYDROXYL GROUPS; MASS RATIOS; MELT BLENDING; MELT VISCOSITIES; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPES; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; WAVE NUMBERS;

BODY FLUIDS;

DEGRADATION; NUCLEATION; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER BLEND; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TORQUE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 57249090370     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550802497958     Document Type: Article

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