Nanocomposites of PLA/PP blends based on sepiolite

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1991-2016

  Nunez K ^a,b   Rosales, C ^a   Perera, R ^a,b   Villarreal, N ^c   Pastor, J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSPORT AND ENERGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blends; Nancomposites; Poly(lactic acid); PP; Sepiolite; Tensile toughness

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; NANCOMPOSITES; POLY(LACTIC ACID); SEPIOLITE; TENSILE TOUGHNESS;

COMPATIBILIZERS; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LACTIC ACID; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMOPLASTICS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84855657271     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0616-7     Document Type: Article

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