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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 626-635Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-017-0977-6
Keywords
Poly(lactic acid); PA11; Nanosilica; Toughening; Isothermal crystallization; Non-isothermal crystallization
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC [MOST 105-2221-E-168-028]
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A poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/polyamide 11 (PA11)/SiO2 composite was mixed from PLA, PA11, and nanosilica particles through twin-screw extrusion. The PLA/PA11/SiO2 composite was evaluated with tensile and Izod impact tests, light transmission and haze measurement, and isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization behavior determinations. The PLA/PA11/SiO2 (97.0/3.0) composite had approximately 10.8% less ultimate tensile strength than neat PLA, but it had greater ductility and approximately ninefold greater elongation at break. A dimple morphology was observed on the fractural surface of the PLA/PA11/SiO2 composite, indicating that the incorporation of PA11 and nanosilica particles increased the ductility of the PLA matrix. PLA with less than 3 wt% of PA11 and 0.5 phr of nanosilica particles had an Izod impact strength of 8.72 kJ/m(2). PA11 and nanosilica particles effectively toughened this PLA polymer; they accelerated both isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization rates and increased the crystallinities of the resulting composites under isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization processes.
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