Greatly accelerated crystallization of poly(lactic acid): Cooperative effect of stereocomplex crystallites and polyethylene glycol

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 163-172

  Wei, Xin Feng ^a   Bao, Rui Ying ^a   Cao, Zhi Qiang ^a   Zhang, Liang Qing ^a   Liu, Zheng Ying ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Poly(lactic acid); Stereocomplex

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COOLING; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; GROWTH KINETICS; ISOTHERMS; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES;

CO-OPERATIVE EFFECTS; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLY LACTIC ACID; STEREOCOMPLEXES;

GROWTH RATE;

MACROGOL; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEATING; KINETICS; MELTING POINT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84891830886     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-3067-x     Document Type: Article

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