Tuning the processability, morphology and biodegradability of clay incorporated PLA/LLDPE blends via selective localization of nanoclay induced by melt mixing sequence

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-39

  As'habi, L ^a   Jafari, S H ^a   Khonakdar, H A ^b   Boldt, R ^c   Wagenknecht, U ^c   Heinrich, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Mixing methods; Nanocomposites; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

CLAY TYPE; CLOISITE; COMMERCIAL GRADE; COUNTER ROTATING; DISPERSED PHASE; MELT ELASTICITY; MELT MIXING; MIXING METHOD; MIXING PROCESS; NANO CLAYS; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROCESSABILITY; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; XRD;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; ELASTICITY; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; REFINING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84869140361     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.3     Document Type: Article

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