Development of high performance sealable films based on biodegradable/compostable blends

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 206-213

  Tabasi, Ramin Yousefzadeh ^a   Najarzadeh, Zahra ^a   Ajji, Abdellah ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradable blends; Biodegradable polymers; Heat sealing process; PLA toughening; Poly(lactic acid) film

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLENDING; LACTIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADABLE BLENDS; ELONGATION AT BREAK; HEAT-SEALING; INITIATION TEMPERATURE; POLY LACTIC ACID FILMS; STORAGE CONDITION; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILM; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84937972273     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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