Thermal, mechanical and rheological properties of polylactide toughened by expoxidized natural rubber

Materials and Design

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 198-205

  Zhang, Chunmei ^a   Wang, Weiwei ^a   Huang, Yun ^a   Pan, Yonghao ^a   Jiang, Long ^a   Dan, Yi ^a   Luo, Yongyue ^b   Peng, Zheng ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Epoxidized natural rubber; Interfacial adhesion; Polylactide; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMPACT STRENGTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); RHEOLOGY;

COMPLEX VISCOSITY; EPOXIDIZED NATURAL RUBBER; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERNAL MIXERS; LOSS MODULI; MECHANICAL TESTS; MELT BLENDING; MELTING PEAK; POLY LACTIDE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; TOUGHENING AGENTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84867801130     PISSN: 02613069     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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