The influence of a hydrolysis-inhibiting additive on the degradation and biodegradation of PLA and its nanocomposites

Polymer Testing

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 124-132

  Stloukal, Petr ^a   Kalendova, Alena ^a   Mattausch, Hannelore ^b   Laske, Stephan ^b   Holzer, Clemens ^b   Koutny, Marek ^a  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abiotic hydrolysis; Biodegradability; Carbodiimide; Layered silicates; PLA; Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPOSTING; FILMS; HYDROLYSIS; PYROLYSIS; SILICATES;

ABIOTIC HYDROLYSIS; CARBODIIMIDES; DEGRADATION PROCESS; HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; LAYERED SILICATE; MELT PROCESSING; ORGANICALLY MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; REFERENCE MATERIAL;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84913543897     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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