Transcrystallization behavior at the poly(lactic acid)/sisal fibre biocomposite interface

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Wang, Yaming ^a   Tong, Beibei ^b   Hou, Shujia ^a   Li, Ming ^b   Shen, Changyu ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

A. Fibres; A. Poly(lactic acid); D. Optical microscopy; D. Physical methods of analysis

Indexed keywords

A. FIBRES; BIOCOMPOSITE; D. OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; FIBRE SURFACES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MATRIX; PHYSICAL METHODS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY(LACTIC ACID); POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SISAL FIBRE; TRANSCRYSTALLIZATION;

BODY FLUIDS; FREE ENERGY; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

EID: 78649969406     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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