Rheological, morphological, and interfacial properties of compatibilized PLA/PBAT blends

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 501-517

  Al Itry, Racha ^a,b   Lamnawar, Khalid ^a,b   Maazouz, Abderrahim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; In situ compatibilization; Interfacial of tension; Linear and nonlinear rheology; Reactive extrusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903466329     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-014-0774-2     Document Type: Article

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