Hydrolytic degradation behavior of stereo multiblock and diblock poly(lactic acid)s: Effects of block lengths

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 709-719

  Rahaman, Md Hafezur ^a   Tsuji, Hidet ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrolysis; Poly(lactic acid); Polylactide; Stereoblock copolymer; Stereocomplex

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; HYDROLYSIS; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

13C NMR SPECTRUM; CRYSTALLIZATION FROM THE MELTS; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; PLLA/PDLA BLENDS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLY LACTIDE; STEREOCOMPLEXES;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84875438479     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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