Bioplastics and their thermoplastic blends from Spirulina and Chlorella microalgae

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3263-3275

  Zeller, Mark Ashton ^a   Hunt, Ryan ^a   Jones, Alexander ^b   Sharma, Suraj ^a  

^a ALGIX LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biopolymers; blends; plasticizer; renewable polymers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS; BLEND PERFORMANCE; COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; RESEARCH STUDIES; STRUCTURE STABILIZATION; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOPLASTIC BLENDS;

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; BLENDING; MICROORGANISMS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEINS; SEWAGE;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 84883865566     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.39559     Document Type: Article

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