Poly(l-lactic acid) crystallization in a confined space containing graphene oxide nanosheets

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 10641-10651

  Huang, Hua Dong ^a   Xu, Jia Zhuang ^a   Fan, Ying ^a   Xu, Ling ^a   Li, Zhong Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

CHAINS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GRAPHENE; NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY;

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EID: 84884191364     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4055796     Document Type: Article

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