Ductile PLA nanocomposites with improved thermal stability

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2289-2295

  Chen, Bor Kuan ^a   Shih, Chien Chang ^a   Chen, Antonia F ^b  

^a KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites; B. Mechanical properties; B. Thermal properties; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL MATERIAL; CLINICAL USE; ELONGATION AT BREAK; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; NOVEL SOL-GEL PROCESS; POLY LACTIDE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DECOMPOSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 84866180899     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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