Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Toughened Poly(L-lactic) Acid and Lignin Blends

BioResources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 5557-5566

  Mu, Chunyu ^a   Xue, Liyuan ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Jiang, Man ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fully degradable blends; Heterogeneous nucleation; Lignin; Poly(L lactic) acid; Toughening

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; IMPACT STRENGTH;

COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADABILITY; HETEROGENEOUS CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; MELT-BLENDING METHODS; NUCLEATING AGENTS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLY L LACTIC ACID;

LIGNIN;

ACIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADABILITY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MIXING; MIXTURES;

EID: 84938515898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.9.3.5557-5566     Document Type: Article

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