Effect of orotic acid as a nucleating agent on the crystallization of bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) copolymers

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1287-1294

  Jacquel, Nicolas ^a,b   Tajima, Koichirou ^b   Nakamura, Nobuo ^c   Miyagawa, Toshio ^c   Pan, Pengju ^b   Inoue, Yoshio ^b  

^a CPE LYON   (France)

^b Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^c KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Crystallization; Nucleation; Orotic acid; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate co 3 hydroxyhexanoate

Indexed keywords

HALF-CRYSTALLIZATION TIME; KINETICS OF CRYSTALLIZATION; MONOMER UNITS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; NUCLEATING EFFECT; NUCLEATION EFFICIENCY; OROTIC ACID; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY(3- HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYHEXANOATE;

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BORON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; NITRIDES; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYPROPYLENES;

BORON NITRIDE;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; COPOLYMER; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEDICAL USE; MONOMER; NUCLEATION; TOXICITY;

EID: 67650945499     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.30587     Document Type: Article

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