Continuous processing of low-density, microcellular poly(lactic acid) foams with controlled cell morphology and crystallinity

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 390-399

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Zhu, Wenli ^a   Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Park, Chul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DSMA head Materials Sciences R and D ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Crystallization; Extrusion; Foam; Polylactic acid; Rheology

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING DENSITY; CELL DENSITY; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CLOSED CELLS; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; EXPANSION RATIO; EXTRUSION PROCESS; LOW DENSITY; MELT STRENGTH; MICRO CELL; MICROCELLULAR; MICROCELLULAR FOAMS; MICROCELLULAR STRUCTURES; PLASTICIZING EFFECTS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SUPER-CRITICAL; SURFACE GLOSS; TEMPERATURE WINDOW;

BLOWING AGENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOLOGY; EXPANSION; EXTRUSION; FOAMS; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; SHEARING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 84859805557     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.051     Document Type: Article

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