期刊
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
卷 48, 期 2, 页码 331-340出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.11.002
关键词
Biodegradability; Impact modifiers; Polylactide; Random copolyesters; Ring-opening polymerization
资金
- Region Wallonne
- European Community (FEDER, FSE) in the frame of Pole d'Excellence Materia Nova
- F.R.S.-FNRS
- POTI2MAT
- Belgian Federal Governement Office Policy of Science (SSTC) [PAI-6/27]
In this work, amorphous poly(epsilon-caprolactone-co-delta-valerolactone) (P[CL-co-VL]) random aliphatic copolyesters were synthesized and investigated as biodegradable impact modifiers for PLA in order to enhance the low brittleness of renewable and biodegradable polylactide (PLA). The random copolyesters were produced by ring-opening polymerization between delta-valerolactone (VL) and epsilon-caprolactone (CL) in bulk (absence of solvent) at 160 degrees C using tin(II) octoate as catalyst. The copolyesters were added at 10 wt.% into a commercially available PIA matrix using a microcompounder. The influence of the composition and the molar masses of the resulting copolyesters were investigated on the PLA toughness in relation with the type of molding techniques, i.e., via melt injection or compression moulding. It came out that the use of a high molar mass copolyester ((M-n) over bar = ca. 60,000) with a molar composition of 45/55 mol% (CL/VL) results in a significant improvement in toughness for compression-molded PLA materials, actually reaching almost a threefold increase in impact strength. This improvement in toughness was related to the mean size and size distribution of the dispersed copolymer microdomains throughout the PLA matrix. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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