Reactive Compatibilization of Polylactide/Polypropylene Blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 6108-6114

  Xu, Yuewen ^a   Loi, Jesse ^b   Delgado, Paula ^a   Topolkaraev, Vasily ^c   McEneany, Ryan J ^c   Macosko, Christopher W ^b   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ETHYLENE; POLYESTERS;

END GROUPS; GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE; GRAFT- COPOLYMERS; MECHANICAL; METHYL ACRYLATES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLY LACTIDE; POLYPROPYLENE BLENDS; REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84935026896     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00882     Document Type: Article

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