Polymorphic Crystalline Structure and Crystal Morphology of Enantiomeric Poly(lactic acid) Blends Tailored by a Self-Assemblable Aryl Amide Nucleator

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2680-2688

  Xie, Qing ^a   Han, Lili ^a   Shan, Guorong ^a   Bao, Yongzhong ^a   Pan, Pengju ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Crystalline structure; Hydrogen bonding; Nucleator; Poly(lactic acid); Stereocomplex

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROGEN BONDS; LACTIC ACID; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMORPHISM; POLYPROPYLENES;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; NUCLEATOR; POLY LACTIC ACID; STEREOCOMPLEXES;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84971014264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00191     Document Type: Article

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