@inproceedings{a5dbc5db18014733856812d4e46993a6,
title = "Characterizing co-continuous morphology development in miscible polylactic acid / polyvinyl alcohol biodegradable blends",
abstract = "Targeted for tissue engineering scaffold applications, biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA) and water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resins were employed to produce miscible blends by means of melt blending in a thermokinetic mixer (K-mixer). Different volume fractions of PLA and PVA were melt mixed. After water leaching (extraction) of the sacrificial PVA domains, co-continuous morphology development of the blend systems was investigated via scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The dimensions of the voids occupied by PVA in the blends were measured using an image analysis tool. In addition, the miscibility of these blends was evaluated by thermal characteristic measurements using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). It was shown that the continuity development and microstructure features of PLA/PVA blends were dependent on the component composition and the miscibility.",
keywords = "Biodegradable blend, Interconnected porous matrix, Miscibility, Polylactic acid (PLA)",
author = "Jun Peng and Peng, \{Yi Yan\} and Turng, \{Lih Sheng\} and Peng, \{Xiang Fang\} and Sun, \{Xiao Fei\}",
year = "2010",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9781617386602",
series = "Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings",
pages = "841--845",
booktitle = "68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010",
note = "68th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2010, ANTEC 2010 ; Conference date: 16-05-2010 Through 20-05-2010",
}