Toughening semicrystalline poly(lactic acid) by morphology alteration
For the first time, a physical method based on polymer crystallization is employed, to overcome the inherent brittleness of poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) by kinetically trapping a low Tg continuous amorphous phase. The decrease in mobility as a result of polymer crystallization is used to arrest the r...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2013
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3603142 |