Phase structure evolution during mixing and processing of poly(lactic acid)/polycaprolactone (PLA/PCL) blends

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2931-2947

  Fortelný, Ivan ^a   Ostafińska, Aleksandra ^a   Michálková, Danuše ^a   Jůza, Josef ^a   Mikešová, Jana ^a   Šlouf, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Droplet breakup; Morphology evolution; Poly(lactic acid); Polycaprolactone; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; LACTIC ACID; MIXING; MOLDING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE STRUCTURE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER BLENDS; SHEAR FLOW;

BLEND STRUCTURE; COALESCENCE IN QUIESCENT STATE; CRITICAL DROPLETS; DROPLET BREAKUP; MIXING CHAMBER; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; POLY LACTIC ACID; STRUCTURE EVOLUTION;

COMPRESSION MOLDING;

EID: 84941940539     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-015-1445-x     Document Type: Article

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