In vitro degradation of poly(L-lactide)/poly(e-caprolactone) blend reinforced with MWCNTs

Iranian Polymer Journal (English Edition)

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Amirian, Maryam ^a   Chakoli, Ali Nabipour ^a,b   Cai, Wei ^a   Sui, Jie He ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NSTRI   (Iran)

Author keywords

In vitro degradation; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Nanocomposite; Poly(e caprolactone); Poly(L lactide); Polymer blend

Indexed keywords

CAPROLACTONE; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELASTIC STRAIN; ELONGATION-AT-BREAK; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HIGHER WEIGHT; IN-VITRO; LARGE STRAINS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLLA; POLY (L-LACTIDE); POLY(E-CAPROLACTONE); SOFT POLYMERS; TENSILE TESTS; WEIGHT RATIOS;

DEGRADATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER BLENDS; REINFORCEMENT; SCAFFOLDS; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84860478194     PISSN: 10261265     EISSN: 17355265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13726-012-0014-5     Document Type: Article

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