Crystallization of Poly(lactic acid)

Biodegradable Polyesters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 109-130

  Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^a   Androsch, René ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallization rate; Poly(D lactic acid) (PDLA); Poly(L lactic acid) (PLLA); Poly(lactic acid) (PLA); Stereocomplex

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; SOLVENTS;

CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; D-LACTIC ACID; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; STEREOCOMPLEXES;

LACTIC ACID;

EID: 85018199992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527656950.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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