Rheology, mechanical properties, and barrier properties of poly(lactic acid)

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 279, Issue , 2018, Pages 303-341

  Domenek, Sandra ^a   Fernandes Nassar, Samira ^a   Ducruet, Violette ^a  

^a Université Paris Saclay   (France)

Author keywords

Barrier properties; Biopolymer; Crystallization; Degradation; Mechanical properties; Packaging; PLA synthesis; Poly(lactic acid); Poly(lactide); Process

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032025359     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2016_17     Document Type: Chapter

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