PLA maleation: An easy and effective method to modify the properties of PLA/PCL immiscible blends

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2391-2398

  Gardella, Lorenza ^a   Calabrese, Michela ^a   Monticelli, Orietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compatibilization; PCL; PLA; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

COMPATIBILIZERS; ELASTIC MODULI; FREE RADICALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS;

COMPATIBILIZING AGENTS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; IMMISCIBLE BLENDS; PCL; PLA; POLYMER BACKBONES; REACTIVE BLENDING; SPECIFIC EFFECTS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

FREE RADICAL; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MISCIBILITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84906937705     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3328-3     Document Type: Article

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