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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages 195-202Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2018.12.024
Keywords
Poly(lactic acid); Epoxide; Silane; Hybridisation; Reactive extrusion
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- National Research Foundation of Korea - Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea [NRF-2017R1A2B3012961, 21A2013800002]
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Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was hybridised with epoxide-functionalised silane (GTMS) through reactive extrusion. The GTMS was grafted successfully to PLA via a ring-opening reaction with the nucleophilic end groups of PLA. For hybridisation, PLA was extruded with various amounts of GTMS between 0 and 2.0 phr at 200 degrees C. The PLA hybrids were characterised by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Their properties were examined by tensile testing, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, and rheological characterisation. The glass transition temperature of the hybrids decreased to 52.7 degrees C compared to that of PLA (60.1 degrees C). The toughness was enhanced significantly by approximately 380% with only a 0.5 phr loading of GTMS. The hydrolytic degradation was also delayed by the hybridised GTMS in the PLA matrix. In conclusion, hybridisation by GTMS influenced the thermal, mechanical and degradable properties of the PLA hybrids substantially. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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