Morphology, rheology, and mechanical properties of polylactide/ poly(ethylene-co-octene) blends

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2050-2059

  Li, Dongdong ^a   Shentu, Baoqing ^a   Weng, Zhixue ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

blend; morphology; poly(ethylene co octane); polylactide; rheology

Indexed keywords

BLEND; COMPLEX VISCOSITY; EPOXY GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUPS; LOW FREQUENCY; MATRIX; MELT BLENDING; METHACRYLATE COPOLYMERS; POLY LACTIDE; POLY(ETHYLENE- CO -OCTANE); POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-OCTENE); POLYLACTIDES; TWO-PHASE STRUCTURES;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BLENDING; BRITTLE FRACTURE; ELASTICITY; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 84863013413     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.557617     Document Type: Article

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