Crystallization behavior of polylactide/graphene composites

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6731-6739

  Wu, Defeng ^a   Cheng, Yuxin ^a   Feng, Saihua ^a   Yao, Zhen ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE; NUCLEATING AGENTS; VISCOSITY INCREASE;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; NANOSHEETS; VISCOSITY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84878228728     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4004199     Document Type: Article

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