Influence of chain structure on crystal polymorphism of poly(lactic acid). Part 1: Effect of optical purity of the monomer

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 399-409

  Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^a   Rubino, Paolo ^a   Luijkx, Romain ^b   Hélou, Marion ^b  

^a Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri   (Italy)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Crystal growth rate; Crystal polymorphism; Crystallization kinetics; Poly(lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; LACTIC ACID;

CRYSTAL MODIFICATIONS; CRYSTAL POLYMORPHISM; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; DIFFRACTION METHODS; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROCESSING CONDITION; RELATIVE CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; SPHERULITE GROWTHS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

LACTIC ACID; MONOMER; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84895879614     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-3081-z     Document Type: Article

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