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MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 213, Issue 6, Pages 643-653Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201100620
Keywords
crystallization; enantiomeric copoly(ester urethane)s; polycondensation; poly(L-lactic acid); stereocomplexes
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- Region wallonne
- European Commission
- FNRS-FRFC
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Biosourced co(polyester urethane)s containing different ratios of enantiomeric oligo(L- or D- lactide) (OLLA/ODLA) sequences and oligo(butylene succinate) (OBS) blocks (P(OD(L)LA-b-OBS)) are synthesized. Their stereocomplexation is confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The process is efficient independently on the OLA/OBS ratio and for OLLA/ODLA ratios from 2:3 to 3:2. The preformed stereocomplexes show remarkable crystallization accelerating efficiency when melt-blended with a commercial PLLA in amounts from 2.5 to 10 wt%. Spectacular increase in the polyester matrix crystallinity (from 2 up to 42%) and crystallization rate (half-time of ca. 3 min compared to ca. 30 min for the neat PLLA) is observed.
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