Polycarbonate foams with tailor-made cellular structures by controlling the dissolution temperature in a two-step supercritical carbon dioxide foaming process

Journal of Supercritical Fluids

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-73

  Gedler, Gabriel ^a   Antunes, Marcelo ^a   Velasco, José Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Physical aging; Polycarbonate foams; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Tailor made cellular structure; Two step foaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894881532     PISSN: 08968446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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