Morphology and properties of injection molded solid and microcellular polylactic acid/polyhydroxybutyrate-valerate (PLA/PHBV) blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2569-2581

  Zhao, Haibin ^a   Cui, Zhixiang ^b   Sun, Xiaofei ^c   Turng, Lih Sheng ^c   Peng, Xiangfang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED; BLEND COMPOSITION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CRYSTALLINITIES; FOAM MORPHOLOGY; INJECTION-MOLDED SPECIMENS; MICROCELLULAR; MICROCELLULAR INJECTION MOLDING; MICROCELLULAR STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL BLOWING AGENTS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SUPERCRITICAL STATE; TAILORED MATERIALS; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WEIGHT RATIOS;

BIOMECHANICS; BLENDING; BLOWING AGENTS; INJECTION MOLDING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84874102241     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301573y     Document Type: Article

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