Properties of poly(lactic acid) nanocomposites based on montmorillonite, sepiolite and zirconium phosphonate

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 914-926

  Fukushima, K ^a   Fina, A ^a   Geobaldo, F ^a   Venturello, A ^a   Camino, G ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite clay; Nanocomposites; PLA; Sepiolite; Zirconium phosphonate

Indexed keywords

CLAY DISPERSION; DISPERSION LEVELS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL; DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONALISATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INTERCONNECTED STRUCTURES; MELT BLENDING; MELT VISCOSITIES; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; PLA; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SEPIOLITE; SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING; VISIBLE REGION; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; ZIRCONIUM PHOSPHONATE;

BLENDING; CLAY MINERALS; DISPERSIONS; LACTIC ACID; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZIRCONIUM;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84866069935     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.97     Document Type: Article

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