Toughening Poly(lactic acid) with Imidazolium-based Elastomeric Ionomers
- Corresponding author: Kun-Yu Zhang, kyzhang@tju.edu.cn (K.Y.Z.) Yue-Sheng Li, ysli@tju.edu.cn (Y.S.L.)
Citation:
Lu Chen, Kuan Hu, Si-Ting Sun, Hai Jiang, Dong Huang, Kun-Yu Zhang, Li Pan, Yue-Sheng Li. Toughening Poly(lactic acid) with Imidazolium-based Elastomeric Ionomers[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science,
;2018, 36(12): 1342-1352.
doi:
10.1007/s10118-018-2143-6
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