Crystallization kinetics of linear and long-chain-branched polylactide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 13789-13798

  Nofar, Mohammadreza ^a   Zhu, Wenli ^a   Park, Chul B ^a   Randall, Jed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATUREWORKS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI ANALYSIS; BRANCHED STRUCTURES; CHAIN BRANCHING; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; ISOTHERMAL MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; LINEAR STRUCTURES; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT-CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; NONISOTHERMAL; NUCLEATING AGENTS; NUCLEATING SITES; POLY LACTIDE; POLYLACTIDES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TALC;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 83655164451     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2011966     Document Type: Article

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