Recent Progress in Using Stereocomplexation for Enhancement of Thermal and Mechanical Property of Polylactide

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5370-5391

  Tan, Beng Hoon ^a   Muiruri, Joseph Kinyanjui ^a,b   Li, Zibiao ^a   He, Chaobin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polylactide; Material toughening; Renewability; Stereocomplex; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMERS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYESTERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BLOCK AND GRAFT COPOLYMERS; HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLY LACTIDE; RENEWABILITY; RENEWABLE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES; STEREOCOMPLEXES; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 84989930411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01713     Document Type: Article

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