Calorimetric analysis of the multiple melting behavior of melt-crystallized poly(l-lactic acid) with a low optical purity

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1507-1514

  Song, Ping ^a   Chen, Guangyi ^a   Wei, Zhiyong ^a   Zhang, Wanxi ^a   Liang, Jicai ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Multiple melting behavior; Phase transition; Poly(l lactic acid); Polymorphous crystallization

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRIC ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; ENDOTHERMIC PEAKS; EXOTHERMIC PEAKS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MELT STATE; MELTING BEHAVIOR; MULTIPLE MELTING; OPTICAL PURITY; PLLA; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYMORPHOUS CRYSTALLIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; SOLID-SOLID PHASE TRANSITIONS; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELTING; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 84872495341     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2502-4     Document Type: Article

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