Phase-structure and mechanical properties of isothermally melt-and cold-crystallized poly (L-lactide)

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-251

  Lizundia, Erlantz ^a   Petisco, Susana ^a   Sarasua, Jose Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Brittle elastic; Crystallization; Hyperelastic; Poly (L lactide); Rigid amorphous fraction; Surface roughness; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; GLASS; ISOTHERMS; NUCLEATION; PHASE STRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENES; STRAIN; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BRITTLE-ELASTIC; HYPER ELASTIC; POLY (L-LACTIDE); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; VISCOELASTIC;

GLASS TRANSITION;

POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLD; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEAT TREATMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84872686471     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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