@inproceedings{56ed0a508aac4a459d61f6e3aeffc1a8,
title = "Effect of various additives (talc, nanoclay, and nanosilica) on extrusion foaming of pla through crystallization",
abstract = "The dependency of PLA extrusion foaming on three different fillers (nanoclay, nanosilica, and talc) and their impact on crystallization has been investigated. PLA with nanofillers showed smaller cells due to more nucleation sites, whereas talc showed bigger cells. Nucleated crystals can be a secondary reason for the increase of cell density for all cases. However, increasing the filler content decreased the cell size in the case of talc due to the higher crystallization rate, which creates bigger nucleation sites with bigger cells.",
keywords = "Cell nucleation, Crystal nucleation, Extrusion foaming, Polylactide",
author = "M. Nofar and Barzegari, {M. R.} and A. Tabatabaei and M. Keshtkar and Park, {C. B.}",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781622760831",
series = "Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings",
pages = "2384--2388",
booktitle = "70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012",
note = "70th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2012, ANTEC 2012 ; Conference date: 02-04-2012 Through 04-04-2012",
}