Synthesis of fatty acid-based polyesters and their blends with poly(l-lactide) as a way to tailor PLLA toughness

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 283-292

  Lebarbé, Thomas ^a,b,d   Grau, Etienne ^a,b   Gadenne, Benoit ^c   Alfos, Carine ^c   Cramail, Henri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c Institut des Corps Gras   (France)

^d French Environment and Energy Management Agency   (France)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Fatty acids; Impact resistance; Plant oils; Poly(l lactide); Polyesters; Sustainable polymers; Toughening

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; POLYESTERS; TOUGHENING; VEGETABLE OILS;

ALIPHATIC POLYESTER; BUILDING BLOCKES; HEAT SENSITIVITY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MELT BLENDING; PLANT OIL; POLY (L-LACTIDE); SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 84922106980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500648g     Document Type: Article

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