Preparation and characterization of polylactic acid/polycaprolactone clay nanocomposites

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-106

  Hoidy, Wisam H ^a   Ahmad, Mansor B ^a   Al Mulla, Emad A Jaffar ^a   Ibrahim, Nor Azowa Bt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blending; Fatty hydroxamic acid; Nanocomposites; Octadecylamine; Polycaprolactone; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; FATTY HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; INTERCALATED NANOCOMPOSITES; OCTADECYLAMINES; POLY LACTIC ACID; SEM MORPHOLOGY; SOLUTION CASTING; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; BLENDING; CHARACTERIZATION; CLAY MINERALS; FATTY ACIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 74349103752     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.97.106     Document Type: Article

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