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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 810-816Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0438-1
Keywords
Starch; PLA-g-GMA; Compatibilizer; Grafting polymerization
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- Docking Project of Nanping Industry Development of Wuyi University [N2011WZ05, 2011DJ10]
- Fujian Province Education Department [JA11263]
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Poly(lactide)-graft-glycidyl methacrylate (PLA-g-GMA) copolymer was prepared by grafting GMA onto PLA in a batch mixer using benzoyl peroxide as an initiator. The graft content was determined with the H-1-NMR spectroscopy by calculating the relative area of the characteristic peaks of PLA and GMA. The result shows that the graft content increases from 1.8 to 11.0 wt% as the GMA concentration in the feed varies from 5 to 20 wt%. The PLA/starch blends were prepared by the PLA-g-GMA copolymer as a compatibilizer, and the structure and properties of PLA/starch blends with or without the PLA-g-GMA copolymer were characterized by SEM, DSC, tensile test and medium resistance test. The result shows that the PLA/starch blends without the PLA-g-GMA copolymer show a poor interfacial adhesion and the starch granules are clearly observed, nevertheless the starch granules are better dispersed and covered by PLA when the PLA-g-GMA copolymer as a compatibilizer. The mechanical properties of the PLA/starch blends with the PLA-g-GMA copolymer are obviously improved, such as tensile strength at break increasing from 18.6 +/- A 3.8 MPa to 29.3 +/- A 5.8 MPa, tensile modulus from 510 +/- A 62 MPa to 901 +/- A 62 MPa and elongation at break from 1.8 +/- A 0.4 % to 3.4 +/- A 0.6 %, respectively, for without the PLA-g-GMA copolymer. In addition, the medium resistance of PLA/starch blends with the PLA-g-GMA copolymer was much better than PLA/starch blends.
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