Processing of poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate)-based bionanocomposite foams using supercritical fluids

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1506-1517

  Javadi, Alireza ^a   Srithep, Yottha ^b   Clemons, Craig C ^c   Turng, L S ^b   Gong, Shaoqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-NANOCOMPOSITE; BIONANOCOMPOSITES; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; HYDROXYVALERATE; INTERCALATED STRUCTURES; MICROCELLULAR; NANO CLAYS; PHYSICAL FOAMING; SOLID COMPONENTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DENDRIMERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; NANOCOMPOSITES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84861141189     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.74     Document Type: Article

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