Confinement crystallization of poly(l-lactide) induced by multiwalled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets: A comparative study

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 379-391

  Xin, Shuangyang ^a,b   Li, Yi ^b   Zhao, Hongwei ^b   Bian, Yijie ^b   Li, Wu ^b   Han, Changyu ^b   Dong, Qinglin ^b   Ning, Zhigang ^a   Dong, Lisong ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Nanocomposites; Poly(l lactide)

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CARBON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; NUCLEATION; RHEOLOGY; YARN;

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); POLY (L-LACTIDE); RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84941993099     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-015-4695-9     Document Type: Article

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