Poly(lactic acid) crystallization

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1657-1677

  Saeidlou, Sajjad ^a   Huneault, Michel A ^a   Li, Hongbo ^b   Park, Chul B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Kinetics; PLA; Poly(lactic acid); Polylactide; Review

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEATION; REVIEWS;

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MECHANICAL AND BARRIERS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLY LACTIDE; STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTIC; THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 84869175139     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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