Journal
MATERIALS LETTERS
Volume 182, Issue -, Pages 94-97Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2016.06.090
Keywords
Poly(lactic acid); Carbon nanotubes; Strain at break; Tensile toughness; Disperse orange 3; Mechanical properties
Funding
- CONICET [PIP 2013-2015 11220120100508CO]
- ANPCYT [PICT 2012-1093]
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBACYT) [20020130100495BA, PDTS PX02 2013-2015]
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The high brittleness of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a major drawback for many applications. In this work we develop a new highly ductile PLA composite using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the azo-dye disperse orange 3 (DO3). Increments up to almost an order of magnitude in strain at break and tensile toughness were achieved with the addition of only 0.05% of CNTs and 0.25% of DO3 respect to the polymer. This important improvement is explained in terms of a new spatial conformation of PLA chains due to the addition of DO3 and CNTs. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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