Strong shear flow-driven simultaneous formation of classic shish-kebab, hybrid shish-kebab, and transcrystallinity in poly(lactic acid)/natural fiber biocomposites

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1619-1629

  Xu, Huan ^a   Xie, Lan ^a   Chen, Yan Hui ^a   Huang, Hua Dong ^a   Xu, Jia Zhuang ^a   Zhong, Gan Ji ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^b   Li, Zhong Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfacial superstructure; Natural fiber; Poly(lactic acid); Shear flow

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; INTERFACIAL SUPERSTRUCTURE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLY LACTIC ACID; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; TRANSCRYSTALLINITY;

CHAINS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; LACTIC ACID; NATURAL FIBERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

SHEAR FLOW;

CHAINS; COMPOSITES; LACTIC ACID; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84889642928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4003032     Document Type: Article

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