Effect of low thermally reduced graphene loadings on the crystallization kinetics and morphology of biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 42, 2012, Pages 13686-13691

  Jing, Xiangjin ^a   Qiu, Zhaobin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI EQUATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION MECHANISMS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ISOTHERMAL MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; NONISOTHERMAL; NUCLEATING AGENTS; NUCLEATION DENSITIES; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); SPHERULITIC MORPHOLOGY;

COAGULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; GRAPHENE; ISOTHERMS; KINETICS; LOADING; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84867833119     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie3018466     Document Type: Article

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