Structure and mechanical properties in drawn poly(L-lactide)/clay hybrid films

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1735-1744

  Fujimori, Atsuhiro ^a   Ninomiya, Naoya ^a   Masuko, Toru ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drawing; Hybrids; Poly(L lactide); TEM; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

C-AXIS ORIENTATIONS; CLAY CONCENTRATIONS; CRYSTALLINITY; DRAWING; HYBRID FILMS; HYBRIDS; INITIAL STAGES; MELT-COMPOUNDING; ORGANOPHILIC MONTMORILLONITES; PLLA; POLY(L-LACTIDE); STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; TEM; UNIAXIAL DRAWINGS; VISCOELASTIC MEASUREMENTS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DIFFRACTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOCLAY; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ELONGATION; FILM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYLACTIDE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 64149105697     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1189     Document Type: Article

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