Rheological and Thermal Properties of Polylactide/Silicate Nanocomposites Films

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Ahmed, Jasim ^a   Varshney, Sunil K ^a   Auras, Rafeal ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Complex viscosity; Elastic modulas; Glass transition temperature; Intercalation; Melt rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLOW KINETICS; FOOD PACKAGING; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BENTONITE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FOOD PACKAGING; HOT TEMPERATURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77953910978     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01496.x     Document Type: Article

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