Control of degradation of polypropylene during its radical functionalisation with furan and thiophene derivatives

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-305

  Coiai, Serena ^a   Augier, Sylvain ^a   Pinzino, Calogero ^b   Passaglia, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Furan derivative; Isotactic Polypropylene functionalisation; Push pull conjugated system; Thiophene derivative

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED SYSTEMS; FUNCTIONALISATION; FURAN DERIVATIVES; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVES;

DEGRADATION; DERIVATIVES; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; THERMOPLASTICS; THIOPHENE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 75849135004     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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