Journal
APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
Volume 143, Issue -, Pages 29-38Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2017.03.010
Keywords
Poly(L-lactide); Organovermiculite; Nanocomposites; Hydrolytic degradation
Funding
- University of the Basque Country [EHU15/11, UFI11/56]
- ERDF
- ESF
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Unmodified and different organomodified vermiculites were used for the preparation of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) composites via melt mixing. The effect of the clay mineral surface modification, the type of organic modifier of the vermiculite and sample thickness on the degradation of PLLA in alkaline medium at 37 degrees C was studied. The degradation was evaluated by analyzing mass loss, pH, molecular weights, and morphological changes. Alkaline hydrolysis of PLLA was accelerated by the presence of clay mineral and the degradation rate was very much dependent on type of clay mineral and state of dispersion. Morphological changes suggested that the erosion mechanism of polymer matrix occurred at the film surfaces and started at the interface of polymer and clay minerals. The results presented here show that the hydrolytic degradation of PLLA can be controlled through the preparation of nanocomposites introducing the appropriate organomodified nanoday mineral. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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