A renewable lignin-lactide copolymer and application in biobased composites

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1231-1238

  Chung, Yi Lin ^a   Olsson, Johan V ^b   Li, Russell Jingxian ^b   Frank, Curtis W ^a   Waymouth, Robert M ^b   Billington, Sarah L ^a   Sattely, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Bioplastics; Copolymers; Graft polymerization; Green materials; Organocatalyst; Renewable materials

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPOSITES; BIO-PLASTICS; GRAFT POLYMERIZATION; GREEN MATERIALS; ORGANOCATALYSTS; RENEWABLE MATERIALS;

BIOPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; FEEDSTOCKS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; POLYMERIZATION; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84885367072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4000835     Document Type: Article

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