Supertoughened Biobased Poly(lactic acid)-Epoxidized Natural Rubber Thermoplastic Vulcanizates: Fabrication, Co-continuous Phase Structure, Interfacial in Situ Compatibilization, and Toughening Mechanism

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 12138-12146

  Wang, Youhong ^a   Chen, Kunling ^a   Xu, Chuanhui ^a,b   Chen, Yukun ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPACT STRENGTH; IMPACT TESTING; LACTIC ACID; PEROXIDES; PHASE STRUCTURE; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BRITTLE DUCTILE TRANSITIONS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); EPOXIDIZED NATURAL RUBBER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC); SITU COMPATIBILIZATION; THERMOPLASTIC VULCANIZATES; TOUGHENING MECHANISMS;

DYNAMICS;

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; DICUMYL PEROXIDE; EPOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; RUBBER;

CHEMISTRY; MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

BENZYL COMPOUNDS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POLYMERS; RUBBER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84941193309     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b06244     Document Type: Article

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