Perspective on Polylactic Acid (PLA) based Sustainable Materials for Durable Applications: Focus on Toughness and Heat Resistance

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2899-2916

  Nagarajan, Vidhya ^a,b   Mohanty, Amar K ^a,b   Misra, Manjusri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compatibilization; Copolymers; Crystallinity; HDT; Heat resistant; Impact strength; Morphology; Nucleating agent; Reactive blending; Super toughened

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLENDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPATIBILIZERS; COPOLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPACT STRENGTH; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; POLYESTERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CRYSTALLINITIES; HEAT RESISTANT; NUCLEATING AGENTS; REACTIVE BLENDING; SUPER TOUGHENED;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

EID: 84973518502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b00321     Document Type: Review

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