Morphology and thermal degradation studies of melt-mixed poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) biodegradable polymer blend nanocomposites with TiO2 as filler

Polymer Testing

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-100

  Mofokeng, J P ^a   Luyt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blends; Morphology; Poly(lactic acid); Polycaprolactone; Thermal degradation; Titania

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLENDING; DEGRADATION; FILLED POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LACTIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; PYROLYSIS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY OF DEGRADATIONS; BLEND NANOCOMPOSITES; DEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; POLY LACTIC ACID; TITANIA; VOLATILE DEGRADATION PRODUCTS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84930958874     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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