Rheological and mechanical properties of poly(lactic) acid/cellulose and LDPE/cellulose composites

Medziagotyra

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Shumigin, Dmitri ^a   Tarasova, Elvira ^a   Krumme, Andres ^a   Meier, Pille ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Biodegradable composite; Cellulose; Low density polyethylene; Mechanical properties; Poly(lactic) acid; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857658718     PISSN: 13921320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5755/j01.ms.17.1.245     Document Type: Article

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