Thermal properties and degradability of poly(propylene carbonate)/poly(β-hydroxybutyrate-co-β-hydroxyvalerate) (PPC/PHBV) blends

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-583

  Tao, Jian ^a   Song, Cunjiang ^a   Cao, Mingfeng ^a   Hu, Dan ^a   Liu, Li ^a   Liu, Na ^a   Wang, Shufang ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Degradation in vitro; PPC PHBV blends; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYMES; GELATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PROPYLENE; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL HYDROLYSIS; DEGRADABILITY; DEGRADATION IN VITRO; GEL-PERMEATION-CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; HYDROXYVALERATE; IN-VITRO; MICROBIAL ENZYMES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PBS SOLUTIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; POLIES (PROPYLENE CARBONATE); PPC/PHBV BLENDS; SEM; SOIL SUSPENSIONS; SOLUTION-CASTING METHODS; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 62149133485     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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