Enhancing thermomechanical properties and heat distortion resistance of poly(l -lactide) with high crystallinity under high cooling rate

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 654-661

  Yin, Hai Yan ^a   Wei, Xin Feng ^a   Bao, Rui Ying ^a   Dong, Quan Xiao ^b   Liu, Zheng Ying ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Xie, Bang Hu ^a   Yang, Ming Bo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Building Construction Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polylactides; heat distortion resistance; high crystallinity; nucleating agent; thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPLEXATION; COOLING; CRYSTALLINITY; HEAT RESISTANCE; MELTING POINT; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL LATTICES;

HEAT DISTORTION; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLY LACTIDE; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLITES;

EID: 84926505901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500783s     Document Type: Article

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