Lamellar orientation and interlamellar cracks in co-crystallized poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(L-lactic acid) blend

Polymer Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 762-769

  Hsieh, Ya Ting ^a   Nurkhamidah, Siti ^a   Woo, Eamor M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cracks; lamellae orientation; PEO; PLLA; spherulites

Indexed keywords

BAND PATTERNS; COMPLEX PATTERN; CRACK PATTERNS; CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; L-LACTIC ACID; LAMELLAE ORIENTATION; LAMELLAR ORIENTATIONS; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLLA; POLARIZING-LIGHT OPTICAL MICROSCOPIES; POLY L LACTIC ACID; RING-BANDED SPHERULITES; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SPHERULITES; TECHNIQUES USED; ZIG-ZAG;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BODY FLUIDS; ETHYLENE; EXTRACTION; LACTIC ACID; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRACKS;

EID: 80052499948     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.63     Document Type: Article

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