Fracture behavior of a commercial starch/polycaprolactone blend reinforced with different layered silicates

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-276

  Perez E ^a   Perez C J ^b   Alvarez, V A ^b   Bernal, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biodegradable composites; Clay; Failure; Fracture toughness

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; FILLERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICATES; STARCH;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; FILLER-MATRIX INTERACTION; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; MULTIFRACTAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL MONTMORILLONITE; ORGANO-MODIFIED CLAYS; QUASISTATIC FRACTURE; STARCH/POLYCAPROLACTONE BLENDS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84885445263     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.04.099     Document Type: Article

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