# FLEXURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES

> Title: FLEXURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES Page Range: p.263-270 Author(s): Shyang C W; Kuen L S File size: Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume: 16 Issue...

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Published: 2008-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: FLEXURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLY(LACTIC ACID)/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES**
 Page Range: p.263-270
 Author(s): Shyang C W; Kuen L S
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 16
 Issue No: No.4

**Abstract**
 The preparation of nanocomposites of poly(lactic acid) and various proportions of organically modified montmorillonite clay by solution intercalation using toluene as solvent and by melt intercalation using a twin-screw extruder, and their characterisation by flexural properties, FESEM, EDX, XRD and DSC, is described. The effects of filler content and preparation method on mechanical, morphological and thermal properties of the nanocomposites are discussed in terms of filler dispersion. 15 refs.

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