A spectroscopic approach to assess transport properties of water vapor in PLA

Polymer Testing

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-22

  De Santis, Felice ^a   Gorrasi, Giuliana ^a   Pantani, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Diffusivity; FTIR; Poly(Lactic acid); Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFUSION; FOURIER SERIES; LACTIC ACID; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FTIR; POLY LACTIC ACID; SORPTION KINETICS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME-RESOLVED FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIES; TRANSMISSION MODE; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84926382116     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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