Mechanical, aging, optical and rheological properties of toughening polylactide by melt blending with poly(ethylene glycol) based copolymers

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1591-1600

  Feng, Lidong ^a,b,c   Bian, Xinchao ^a,b   Chen, Zhiming ^b   Li, Gao ^a   Chen, Xuesi ^a,b  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Hisun Biomaterials Co Ltd   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Copolymer; Poly(ethylene glycol); Polylactide; Toughness; Transparent material

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE COPOLYMERS; BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; MELT POLYCONDENSATION; POLY LACTIDE; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL;

BLENDING; COPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYESTERS; TENSILE TESTING; TOUGHNESS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84881161172     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.06.025     Document Type: Article

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