Thermal and phase-separation behavior of injection-molded poly(L-lactic acid)/poly(D-lactic acid) blends with moderate optical purity

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1135-1151

  Xu, Huijun ^a   Tang, Songchao ^a   Chen, Jianding ^a   Yin, Peimin ^b   Pu, Weiliang ^b   Lu, Yuan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Academy Biomaterials Corporation Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Micro phase separation; Optical purity; Polylactide; Stereocomplexes

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; D-LACTIC ACID; DEGRADABILITY; DOUBLE MELTING; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; IMPERFECT STRUCTURES; MELTING PEAK; OPTICAL PURITY; POLY (L-LACTIDE); POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLY LACTIDE; SPHERULITE MORPHOLOGY; STEREOCOMPLEXES; THERMAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXTRUSION MOLDING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELTING; PHASE SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84859591731     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0673-y     Document Type: Article

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