## Abstract The melt blending of polylactide (PLA) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomer was performed in an effort to toughen the PLA. The phase morphology, mechanical properties, and toughening mechanism of the PLA/TPU blends were investigated. The results indicate that the spherical TPU
Morphologies and mechanical properties of polylactide/thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer blends
β Scribed by Fei Feng; Lin Ye
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 641 KB
- Volume
- 119
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-8995
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