Strategy to Modify the Crystallization Behavior of EVOH32 through Interactions with Low-Molecular-Weight Molecules

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3517-3524

  Vannini, Micaela ^a   Marchese, Paola ^a   Celli, Annamaria ^a   Lorenzetti, Cesare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Tetra Pak International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

3 ,5-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; BARRIER PERFORMANCE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84963595164     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04191     Document Type: Article

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