Sheets of branched poly(lactic acid) obtained by one step reactive extrusion calendering process: Melt rheology analysis

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 304-318

  Cailloux, J ^a   Santana, O O ^a   Franco Urquiza, E ^a   Bou, J J ^a   Carrasco, F ^b   Gamez Perez J ^c   Maspoch, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chain extender; Molecular weight distribution; Poly(lactic acid); Reactive extrusion; Rheology

Indexed keywords

CALENDERING; CHAINS; ELASTICITY; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE;

CHAIN EXTENDERS; DEGREE OF MODIFICATION; ONE-STEP REACTIVE EXTRUSION; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROCESSING CONDITION; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 84871973652     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2013.27     Document Type: Article

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