Improvement of tensile and thermal properties of poly(lactic acid) composites with admicellar-treated rice straw fiber

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 659-666

  Zhao, Yang ^a   Qiu, Jianhui ^a   Feng, Huixia ^b   Zhang, Min ^c   Lei, Lin ^a   Wu, Xueli ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Admicellar polymerization; Hansen solubility parameters; Mechanical property; Natural fiber composites; Poly(lactic acid); Poly(methyl methacrylate); Rice straw fiber; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ADMICELLAR POLYMERIZATION; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; POLY(LACTIC ACID); RICE STRAWS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ADHESION; BODY FLUIDS; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INJECTION MOLDING; LACTIC ACID; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ADHESION; COMPOSITES; ESTERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INJECTION MOLDING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RICE STRAW; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 80052603805     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.07.076     Document Type: Article

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