Morphology and thermal degradation studies of melt-mixed poly(hydroxybutyrate-co-valerate) (PHBV)/poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) biodegradable polymer blend nanocomposites with TiO2 as filler

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3812-3824

  Mofokeng, J P ^b   Luyt, A S ^a,b  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGGLOMERATION; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; DEGRADATION; FILLED POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CO-CONTINUOUS MORPHOLOGY; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; LARGE AGGLOMERATE; THERMAL DEGRADATION KINETICS; THERMALLY STABLE;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84924851390     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-8950-z     Document Type: Article

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