Ecoflex® and ecovio®: Biodegradable, performance-enabling plastics

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 245, Issue , 2012, Pages 91-136

  Siegenthaler, K O ^a   Kunkel A ^a   Skupin, G ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Biopolymer; Compostable; Compound; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858138980     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12-2010-106     Document Type: Article

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