Toughening of poly(l-lactic acid) by annealing: The effect of crystal morphologies and modifications

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 184-196

  Yang, Guanghui ^a   Su, Juanjuan ^a   Su, Run ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Na, Bing ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

annealing; crystal modification; crystal morphology; poly(L lactic acid); synergistic; toughness

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CRYSTAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL MODIFICATIONS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY; DIFFERENT PROCESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-T; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IN-PROCESS; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURES; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; ORDERED PHASE; POLY L LACTIC ACID; SYNERGISTIC; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANNEALING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT PRESSING; IMPACT TESTING; LACTIC ACID; TOUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84863023165     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.565263     Document Type: Article

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