Melt free-radical grafting of maleic anhydride onto biodegradable poly(lactic acid) by using styrene as a comonomer

Polymers

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1528-1543

  Ma, Piming ^a   Jiang, Long ^a   Ye, Tao ^a   Dong, Weifu ^a   Chen, Mingqing ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Grafting; Maleic anhydride; Styrene; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; STYRENE; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CO-MONOMER; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; GRAFTING DEGREE; GRAFTING EFFICIENCY; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; SINGLE MONOMERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84901981660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym6051528     Document Type: Article

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