Dispersion and failure analysis of PLA, PLA/GNP and PLA/CNT-COOH biodegradable nanocomposites by SEM and DIC inspection

Pinto, VC; Ramos, T; Alves, ASF; Xavier, J; Tavares, PJ; Moreira, PMGP; Guedes, RM

Pinto, VC (reprint author), Univ Porto, Inst Mech Engn & Ind Management, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, P-4200465 Oporto, Portugal.; Pinto, VC (reprint author), Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Dept Mech Engn, Rua Dr Roberto Frias, P-4200465 Oporto, Portugal.; Pinto, VC (rep

ENGINEERING FAILURE ANALYSIS, 2017; 71 ( ): 63

Abstract

Biodegradable polymers such as PLA have been studied for medical applications, human ligament repair is one of such cases. However, these materials ca......

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