Journal
BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 10, Issue 8, Pages 2013-2018Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm900447u
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50821062]
- National Key Basic Research Project of China [2004CB719701]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KJCX.YW.H16]
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An effective method for grafting L-lactide (LA) from unmodified cellulose by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) in homogeneous mild conditions is presented. By Using 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP) as ail organic catalyst, cellulose-graft-poly(L-lactide) (cellulose-g-PLLA) copolymers with a molar substitution (MSPLLA) Of PLLA in a range of 0.99-12.28 were successfully synthesized in ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl) at 80 degrees C. The amount and length of grafted PLLA in cellulose-g-PLLA copolymers were controlled by adjusting the molar ratios of LA monomer to cellulose. The structure and thermal properties of cellulose-g-PLLA copolymers were characterized by [H-1] NMR, C-13 NMR, wide-angle X-ray powder diffraction (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and optical microscopy. The DSC results revealed that the copolymers exhibited a single glass transition temperature. T-g, which sharply decreased with the increase of MSPLLA up to MSPLLA = 8.28 (DSPLLA = 2.19) and increased a little with a further increase of the lactyl content. When MSPLLA was above 4.40, the graft copolymers exhibited thermoplastic behavior, indicating the intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds in cellulose molecules had been effectively destroyed. By using a conventional thermal processing method, fibers and disks of cellulose-g-PLLA copolymers were prepared.
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