Property tuning of poly(lactic acid)/cellulose bio-composites through blending with modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 137, Issue , 2016, Pages 515-524

  Pracella, Mariano ^a   Haque, Md Minhaz Ul ^b,d   Paci, Massimo ^b   Alvarez, Vera ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cellulose fibres; Crystallization; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Mechanical properties; Poly(lactic acid); Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; BLENDING; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; FIBERS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; SOLUBILITY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

CELLULOSE FIBRES; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYMER COMPOSITE; STRENGTH AND ELONGATIONS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC; CELLULOSE; ETHYL VINYL ACETATE; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; LACTIC ACID; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; TENSILE STRENGTH; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84947716028     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.10.094     Document Type: Article

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