Influence of thymol and silver nanoparticles on the degradation of poly(lactic acid) based nanocomposites: Thermal and morphological properties

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-165

  Ramos, Marina ^a   Fortunati, Elena ^b   Peltzer, Mercedes ^a   Dominici, Franco ^b   Jiménez, Alfonso ^a   Garrigós, María Del Carmen ^a   Kenny, José María ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; Nanocomposites; Poly(lactic acid); Silver nanoparticles; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; GLASS TRANSITION; LACTIC ACID; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PACKAGING MACHINES; PHENOLS;

ACTIVE FOOD PACKAGING; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLY LACTIC ACID; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; THYMOL;

SILVER;

EID: 84928994871     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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