Tough crystalline blends of polylactide with block copolymers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol

Polymer Testing

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-87

  Pluta, Miroslaw ^a   Piorkowska, Ewa ^a  

^a CENTRE OF MOLECULAR AND MACROMOLECULAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barrier properties; Drawability; Mechanical; Polylactide; Toughening

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLASS TRANSITION; IMPACT STRENGTH; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE STRUCTURE; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYOLS; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; TOUGHENING;

BARRIER PROPERTIES; DRAWABILITY; HIGH-GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL; POLY LACTIDE; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84937542069     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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