Fully biodegradable composites: Use of poly-(butylene-succinate) as a matrix and to plasticize l-poly-(lactide)-flax blends

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 251-257

  Bourmaud, Alain ^a   Corre, Yves Marie ^a   Baley, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Flax fiber; L Poly (lactide); Mechanical properties; Nanoindentation; Poly (butylene succinate)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BUTENES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FLAX; LINEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOINDENTATION; PROCESSING; PROPYLENE; TEMPERATURE; YARN;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; FLAX FIBER; L-POLY(LACTIDE); LOW PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NANO-INDENTATION MEASUREMENTS; POLY (BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; POLYMER; RESIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOMECHANICS; YOUNG MODULUS;

DEGRADATION; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FLAX; PLANT FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 85027935206     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.09.033     Document Type: Article

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