Effects of polyoxymethylene as a polymeric nucleating agent on the isothermal crystallization and visible transmittance of poly(lactic acid)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 16754-16762

  Guo, Xiaojie ^a   Liu, Hongzhi ^a   Zhang, Jinwen ^a   Huang, Jijun ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ISOTHERMS; LACTIC ACID; POLYPROPYLENES;

BANDED SPHERULITE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRONG INTERACTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS; VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84908572779     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502104y     Document Type: Article

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