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CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ( Chinese and English) I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT III
CONTENTS V
LIST OF FIGURES VII
LIST OF TABLES XI
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 3
2.1 Polymer Blends 3
2.1.1 Thermodynamics for Miscibility in Binary and
Ternary Polymer Blends 3
2.1.2 Thermal Transition Behavior 5
2.2 Crystallization Kinetics 6
2.2.1 Avrami Theory 6
2.2.2 Ozawa Theory 8
2.3 Polymer Nanocomposites 8
2.3.1 Layered Silicates 8
CHAPTER 3 EXPERIMENTAL SECTION 11
3.1 Materials 11
3.2 Vermiculite Modification 12
3.3 Preparation of Polymer Nanocomposites 13
3.4 Enzymatic Degradation 13
3.5 Apparatus 13
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 16
4.1 Phase Behavior and Crystal Morphology of
Ternary Polymer Blend 16
4.2 Polymer Nanocomposites of poly(L-lactic acid),
poly(methyl methacrylate), and poly(ethylene
oxide) with organically Modified Clays 32
4.3 Crystallization Kinetics of Ternary Polymer
Blend with Organoclays 44
4.4 Enzymatic and thermal Degradation of Polymer
Nanocomposites with OVMT and Clo10A 87
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS 98
REFERENCE 100
CURRICULUM VITAE 106
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