Study on the crystallization, miscibility, morphology, properties of poly(lactic acid)/poly(ε-caprolactone) blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 571-578

  Yeh, Jen Taut ^a,b,c   Wu, Ching Ju ^a   Tsou, Chi Hui ^a   Chai, Wan Lan ^d   Chow, Jing Dong ^d   Huang, Chi Yuan ^e   Chen, Kan Nan ^f   Wu, Chin San ^g  

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

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blends; Crystallization; Miscibility; Poly( caprolactone); Poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; CAPROLACTONE; DIFFERENT MASS; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MISCIBILITY; MISCIBLE BLEND; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROGRAPHS; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; RICH PHASE; SEM MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BLENDING; BODY FLUIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYPROPYLENES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MORPHOLOGY; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER BLEND; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 70349947245     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550902824390     Document Type: Article

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