Remarkably Enhanced Impact Toughness and Heat Resistance of poly(l -Lactide)/Thermoplastic Polyurethane Blends by Constructing Stereocomplex Crystallites in the Matrix

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 111-120

  Liu, Zhenwei ^a   Luo, Yuanlin ^a   Bai, Hongwei ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat resistance; poly(l Lactide); Polyurethane; Stereocomplex; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHAINS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLITES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; INJECTION MOLDING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; SPECIFIC HEAT; TOUGHNESS;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONVENTIONAL INJECTION MOLDING; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NETWORKLIKE STRUCTURE; NON-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; POLY (L-LACTIDE); STEREOCOMPLEXES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 84953301986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00816     Document Type: Article

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