Thermo-mechanical properties of microfibrillated cellulose-reinforced partially crystallized PLA composites

Cellulose

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 771-778

  Suryanegara, Lisman ^a   Nakagaito, Antonio Norio ^a,b   Yano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creep; Deformation; Microfibrillated cellulose; Nanocomposites; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS STATE; ANNEALING TIME; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; FIBER CONTENTS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AT HIGH TEMPERATURES; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; POLY LACTIC ACID; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ACIDS; ANNEALING; CELLULOSE; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES;

CREEP;

ACIDS; ANNEALING; CELLULOSE; CREEP; DEFORMATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ANNEALING; CREEP; CRYSTALLINITY; DEFORMATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POLYLACTIC ACID; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 77954457210     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-010-9419-5     Document Type: Article

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