• Effect of PP-g-MA and EBA-GMA Additives on Tensile Strength and Thermal Properties of PLA/PBS Blends

  • Changseong Jeong*, Jaeman Lee*, and Tae-Hwan Oh*, **,†

  • *Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
    **Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea

  • PP-g-MA와 EBA-GMA가 PLA/PBS 블렌드의 인장강도 및 열적 특성에 미치는 영향

  • 정창성* · 이재만* · 오태환*, **,†

  • *영남대학교 대학원 화학공학과, **영남대학교 화학공학부

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(6): 783-792

    Published online Nov 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.6.783
  • Received on May 19, 2025
  • Revised on Jul 2, 2025
  • Accepted on Jul 2, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Tae-Hwan Oh

  • *Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea
    **Department of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea

  • E-mail: taehwanoh@ynu.ac.kr