Effect of lignocellulosic filler type and content on the behavior of polycaprolactone based eco-composites for packaging applications

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 411-421

  Luduena L ^a   Vazquez A ^b   Alvarez, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Barrier properties; Biodegradable polymers; Crystallization; Mechanical properties; Natural fibers

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PROPERTIES; BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLINITY DEGREE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; ECO-COMPOSITES; FILLER CONTENTS; FILLER DISPERSION; FUNCTION OF TIME; HALF-CRYSTALLIZATION TIME; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; INTERFACE INTERACTION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FILLER; MAIN PARAMETERS; MATRIX; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; THERMAL ASPECTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ASPECT RATIO; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FILLERS;

ANATOMY; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DISPERSIONS; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 80054745988     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.07.064     Document Type: Article

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