Toughening of polylactide by blending with a novel random aliphatic-aromatic copolyester

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-68

  Kowalczyk, Marcin ^a   Piorkowska, Ewa ^a   Dutkiewicz, Slawomir ^b   Sowinski, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a CENTRE OF MOLECULAR AND MACROMOLECULAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICAL FIBRES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aliphatic aromatic copolyester; Blends; Polylactide; Toughening

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BLENDING; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYESTERS; TOUGHENING;

1 ,4-BUTANEDIOL; ALIPHATIC-AROMATIC COPOLYESTERS; DIMETHYL ESTERS; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; POLY LACTIDE; TENSILE IMPACT STRENGTH; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS; ULTIMATE STRAIN;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 84905864129     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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