Preparation and Characterization of Polylactic Acid-Based Biodegradable Blends Processed Under Microwave Radiation

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1014-1017

  Singla, Ritika ^a   Mehta, Rajeev ^b  

^a Department of Chemistry   (India)

^b THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blends; FTIR; Microwave; PCL PDLLA; Starch

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE BLENDS; BLENDS; CHEMICAL LINKAGE; FTIR; PCL PDLLA;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLENDING; POLYMER BLENDS; STARCH;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 84864590956     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2012.680562     Document Type: Article

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