Hollow polylactide microcapsules with controlled morphology and thermal and mechanical properties

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2827-2834

  Sawalha, Hassan ^a   Schroën, Karin ^a   Boom, Remko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Hollow polylactide microcapsules; Morphology; Nonsolvent; Thermal and mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY; CYCLIC ALKANES; DODECANE; HOLLOW CAPSULES; HOLLOW MICROCAPSULES; HOLLOW POLYLACTIDE MICROCAPSULES; LINEAR ALKANES; MICROCAPSULES; NON-SOLVENTS; NONSOLVENT; POLY LACTIDE; PREMIX MEMBRANE EMULSIFICATION; SHELL THICKNESS; SOLID PARTICLES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL TRANSITIONS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EMULSIFICATION; ENCAPSULATION; MORPHOLOGY; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; STIFFNESS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 70350660778     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11895     Document Type: Article

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