Influence of the Filler Nature on the Crystalline Structure of Polylactide-Based Nanocomposites: New Insights into the Nucleating Effect

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2782-2790

  Ouchiar, Saadia ^a,b   Stoclet, Grégory ^a   Cabaret, Cyrille ^b   Gloaguen, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

^b ECOMERIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FILLERS; KAOLIN; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATELETS; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; SILICATES; TALC; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIPS; FAVORABLE INTERACTIONS; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; NANOMETER-SCALED STRUCTURES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING TECHNIQUES; TRANSCRYSTALLIZATION;

FILLED POLYMERS;

EID: 84964757875     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02746     Document Type: Article

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