Morphological, Mechanical, and Crystallization Behavior of Polylactide/Polycaprolactone Blends Compatibilized by l -Lactide/Caprolactone Copolymer

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 9505-9511

  Zhang, Chunmei ^a,b,c   Zhai, Tianliang ^c   Turng, Lih Sheng ^b   Dan, Yi ^c  

^a GUIYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYESTERS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; IMMISCIBLE BLENDS; NONISOTHERMAL; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOLUTION CASTING; TERNARY BLENDS; ULTIMATE STRAIN;

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

EID: 84942943711     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02134     Document Type: Article

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