From nanofibrillar to nanolaminar poly(butylene succinate): Paving the way to robust barrier and mechanical properties for full-biodegradable poly(lactic acid) films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 8023-8032

  Xie, Lan ^a,b   Xu, Huan ^a   Chen, Jing Bin ^a   Zhang, Zi Jing ^a   Hsiao, Benjamin S ^c   Zhong, Gan Ji ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Li, Zhong Ming ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

full degradable poly(lactic acid) film; gas permeability; mechnical properties; poly(butylene succinate) nanolaminae

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BUTENES; COMPOSITE FILMS; GAS PERMEABILITY; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHNICAL PROPERTIES; NANOSCALE THICKNESS; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT; POLY (BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); POLY LACTIC ACID FILMS; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; BIONOLE; BUTANEDIOL; LACTIC ACID; NANOFIBER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; GREEN CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; ELASTICITY; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84928473431     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00294     Document Type: Article

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