Synergistic effects of nucleating agents and plasticizers on the crystallization behavior of Poly(lactic acid)

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1579-1593

  Shi, Xuetao ^a,b   Zhang, Guangcheng ^a   Phuong, Thanh Vu ^b   Lazzeri, Andrea ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Particle reinforced composites; Poly(lactic acid); Synergism

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PLASTICIZER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLIZATION; LACTIC ACID; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84921446333     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20011579     Document Type: Article

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