Structure, properties and interfacial interactions in poly(lactic acid)/polyurethane blends prepared by reactive processing

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3104-3113

  Imre, Balázs ^a,b   Bedo, Dániel ^a,b   Domján, Attila ^b   Schön, Peter ^c   Vancso, G Julius ^c   Pukánszky, Béla ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compatibilization; Interfacial interactions; Phase structure; PLA; Polyurethane elastomer; Reactive blending

Indexed keywords

INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; PLA; POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; REACTIVE BLENDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY , SEM; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLENDING; COMPATIBILIZERS; ELASTOMERS; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 84883894830     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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