Cover: The cover presents Raman spectra, polarized optical microscopy images, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results of pure poly(lactide) (PLA) and its composite with functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs). The inherent properties of PLA are concurrently improved by the incorporation of a small amount of f-MWCNTs. The improvement in PLA properties after composite formation with f-MWCNTs is due to the strong interfacial interaction between the outer surfaces of the nanotubes and the polymer matrix. Further details can be found in the article by J. Ramontja, S. Sinha Ray,* S. K. Pillai, and A. S. Luyt on page 839.
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Ramontja et al. (2009) studied this question.