Fabrication and characterization of melt-blended polylactide-chitin composites and their foams

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-300

  Rizvi, Reza ^a   Cochrane, Brendan ^a   Naguib, Hani ^a   Lee, Patrick C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

chitin; composite; melt blending; nanowhisker; polylactide

Indexed keywords

ACID HYDROLYSIS; COMPATIBILIZING AGENTS; COMPOSITE; COMPOSITE MORPHOLOGY; COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE; EXPANSION BEHAVIOR; FOAM MORPHOLOGY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MELT BLENDING; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMAL STABILITY; VISCO-ELASTIC;

BLENDING; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FOAMS; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWHISKERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHITIN;

EID: 79958011413     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X11402549     Document Type: Article

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