Synthesis, properties and structure of polylactic acid fibres

Handbook of Textile Fibre Structure

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 257-275

  Mochizuki, Masatsugu ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation mechanism and behaviour; Environmental sustainability; Polylactic acid (PLA); Polylactic acid fibres; Stereocomplex

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPLEXATION; FIBERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; POLY LACTIC ACID; STEREOCOMPLEXES;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 84874508026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845696504.2.257     Document Type: Chapter

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