Kinetics of nucleation and growth of crystals of poly(L-lactic acid)

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 279, Issue , 2018, Pages 235-272

  Androsch, René ^a   Schick, Christoph ^b   Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal growth rate; Crystal nucleation; Crystallization rate; Enthalpy relaxation; Poly(l lactic acid)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031997497     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2016_13     Document Type: Chapter

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