Effect of chitosan and catechin addition on the structural, thermal, mechanical and disintegration properties of plasticized electrospun PLA-PHB biocomposites

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-156

  Arrieta, M P ^a   Lopez J ^b   Lopez D ^a   Kenny, J M ^a   Peponi, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catechin; Chitosan; Electrospinning; PHB; PLA; Plasticizer

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTROSPINNING; FLAVONOIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ANTIOXIDANT EFFECT; BIODEGRADABLE FILM; CATECHIN; COMPOSTING CONDITIONS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 84960517293     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2016.02.027     Document Type: Article

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