Enzymatic and thermal degradation of poly(ε-caprolactone), poly(D,L-lactide), and their blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 7702-7709

  Sivalingam, G ^a   Vijayalakshmi, S P ^a   Madras, Giridhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME KINETICS; POLYMER BLENDS; PYROLYSIS; TOLUENE;

DISTRIBUTION KINETICS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; RATE COEFFICIENTS;

POLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; NOVOZYM 435; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TOLUENE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

DEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; MISCIBILITY; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL DEGRADATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 9244231263     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049589r     Document Type: Article

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