Kesavan Pillai, SreejaraniOjijo, Vincent ORay, Suprakas S2014-12-152014-12-152014-06Kesavan Pillai, S., Ojijo, V. and Ray, S.S. 2014. Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.131(12)0021-8995http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.40414/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/7811Copyright: 2014 Wiley. Published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.131(12). Post print version.Polylactide palygorskite (fibrous clay) composites were prepared by solvent casting method. Both pristine and organically modified palygorskite were used for composite preparation. The detailed crystallization behavior, morphology, and thermal properties of neat polylactide and the corresponding composites were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and wide angle X-ray diffraction techniques. The results showed that the crystallization and thermal characteristics of neat PLA were influenced significantly by the presence of palygorskite nanoparticles.enCompositesCrystallizationThermal propertiesPalyArticleKesavan Pillai, S., Ojijo, V. O., & Ray, S. S. (2014). Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7811Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani, Vincent O Ojijo, and Suprakas S Ray "Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites." (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7811Kesavan Pillai S, Ojijo VO, Ray SS. Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7811.TY - Article AU - Kesavan Pillai, Sreejarani AU - Ojijo, Vincent O AU - Ray, Suprakas S AB - Polylactide palygorskite (fibrous clay) composites were prepared by solvent casting method. Both pristine and organically modified palygorskite were used for composite preparation. The detailed crystallization behavior, morphology, and thermal properties of neat polylactide and the corresponding composites were investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry, polarized optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and wide angle X-ray diffraction techniques. The results showed that the crystallization and thermal characteristics of neat PLA were influenced significantly by the presence of palygorskite nanoparticles. DA - 2014-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Composites KW - Crystallization KW - Thermal properties KW - Paly LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2014 SM - 0021-8995 T1 - Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites TI - Crystallization and thermal properties of Polylactide/Palygorskite composites UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7811 ER -