Microdeformation in poly-L-lactide and poly-L-lactide + hydroxyapatite nanocomposite thin films

• Main Authors: Månson, Jan-Anders E., Plummer, Christopher J. G., Choo, Caleb K. C., Delabarde, Claire
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96501; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17308
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In order to gain new insight into failure mechanisms in poly-L-lactide (PLLA) and PLLA + hydroxyapatite nanocomposites, transmission electron microscopy has been used to investigate room temperature microdeformation in electron transparent thin films of these materials subjected to various heat trea...