Polymer/lignin blends: Interactions, properties, applications

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 618-641

  Kun, Dávid ^a,b   Pukánszky, Béla ^a,b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Application; Blend; Extraction technology; Lignin; Miscibility; Modification; Structure

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BLENDING; CHARACTERIZATION; DISPERSIONS; ELASTOMERS; EXTRACTION; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS; EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MODIFICATION; REACTIVE COMPONENTS; RESULTING MATERIALS; STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; VALUE ADDED APPLICATIONS;

LIGNIN;

EXTRACTION; LIGNINS; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85018761896     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.04.035     Document Type: Review

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