Structure and Morphology of Microbial Degraded Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Graphite Oxide Composite

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-199

  Balkova, Radka ^a,b   Hermanova, Sona ^c   Voberkova, Stanislava ^d   Damborsky, Pavel ^a   Richtera, Lukas ^a,b   Omelkova, Jirina ^a   Jancar, Josef ^a,b  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Graphite oxide; Lipase; Poly( caprolactone); Structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXPERIMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHITE; LIPASES; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUTRIENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; CAPROLACTONE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; GRAPHITE OXIDE; MATRIX CRYSTALLINITY; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ASSAYS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84900307957     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-013-0630-y     Document Type: Article

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