Unique isothermal crystallization phenomenon in the ternary blends of biopolymers polylactide and poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] and nano-clay

Polymer

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 505-518

  Ojijo, Vincent ^a,b   Malwela, Thomas ^a   Sinha Ray, Suprakas ^a,c   Sadiku, Rotimi ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clay loading; Morphology and isothermal crystallization; PLA PBSA blend

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BLENDING; BUTENES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS;

CLAY LOADINGS; FLOW-INDUCED MORPHOLOGIES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY AND ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATIONS; PLA/PBSA BLENDS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RATE OF CRYSTALLIZATION; SPHERULITIC GROWTH RATE;

LOADING;

EID: 84855834194     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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