Douglas E. Hirt

Poly(lactic acid) modifications

Rahul M. Rasal, Amol V. Janorkar, Douglas E. Hirt · Progress in Polymer Science · 2009 · 2.1K citations

Engineering, Polymer Science, Lactic Acid +4

Modification of Poly(lactic acid) Films:  Enhanced Wettability from Surface-Confined Photografting and Increased Degradation Rate Due to an Artifact of the Photografting Process

Amol V. Janorkar, Andrew T. Metters, Douglas E. Hirt · Macromolecules · 2004 · 170 citations

Engineering, Photografting Process, Surface-confined Photografting +18

Toughness decrease of PLA‐PHBHHx blend films upon surface‐confined photopolymerization

Rahul M. Rasal, Douglas E. Hirt · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A · 2008 · 120 citations

Degradation of poly(<scp>L</scp>‐lactide) films under ultraviolet‐induced photografting and sterilization conditions

Amol V. Janorkar, Andrew T. Metters, Douglas E. Hirt · Journal of Applied Polymer Science · 2007 · 106 citations

Engineering, Molecular Weight, Sustainable Polymers +18

Measurement and mechanical aspects of the microbond pull-out technique for obtaining fiber/resin interfacial shear strength

Bernard Miller, Umesh Kumar Gaur, Douglas E. Hirt · Composites Science and Technology · 1991 · 104 citations

Fiber Reinforcement, Fibre-reinforced Plastic, Engineering +8