Decreased oxygen permeability of EVOH through molecular interactions

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 756-766

  Péter, Zs ^a,b   Kenyó, Cs ^a,b   Renner, K ^a,b   Kröhnke, Ch ^c   Pukanszky B ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b Eötvös Loránd Research Network   (Hungary)

^c CLARIANT PRODUKTE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline structure; Hydrogen bonds; Material testing; Oxygen permeability; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN BONDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL TESTING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONCENTRATION RANGES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; MATERIAL TESTING; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ALCOHOL); STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

OXYGEN PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84905463206     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2014.78     Document Type: Article

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