Crystallization and thermal characterization of biodegradable tri-block copolymers and poly(ester-urethane)s based on PCL and PLLA

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-150

  Navarro Baena, Iván ^a   Kenny, José M ^a,b   Peponi, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Isothermal crystallization; Poly(ester urethane); Poly(L lactic acid); Poly( caprolactone); Thermogravimetric analysis; WAXD

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CAPROLACTONE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYESTERURETHANES; WAXD;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84913592238     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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