Biobased Poly(lactide)/ethylene-co-vinyl Acetate Thermoplastic Vulcanizates: Morphology Evolution, Superior Properties, and Partial Degradability

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2211-2219

  Ma, Piming ^a   Xu, Pengwu ^a   Zhai, Yinghao ^b   Dong, Weifu ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Chen, Mingqing ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dynamic cross link; Morphology; Property; Thermoplastic vulcanizate

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FREE RADICALS; PLASTICS; POLYMER BLENDS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATES; FREE RADICAL INITIATORS; MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NOVEL MORPHOLOGIES; PROPERTY; THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84941112868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00462     Document Type: Article

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