期刊
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
卷 5, 期 5, 页码 6385-6397出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c00489
关键词
WS2 nanotubes; poly(lactic acid); composites; aspect ratio; melt mixing; crystallization; bioresorbable vascular scaffold
资金
- WMG, University of Warwick
- Weizmann UK.Making Connections program
- Israel Science Foundation [330/16]
- PAZY Israeli Foundation
By synthesizing multi-walled WS2 nanotubes and mixing them with polylactic acid, the crystallization behavior and mechanical properties of the polymer can be altered, which is significant for the preparation of bone tissue engineering and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds.
Multi-walled WS2 nanotubes (NTs) with lengths ranging from 2 to 65 mu m and widths from 50 to 110 nm were synthesized in a horizontal quartz-made reactor by a process yielding NTs with aspect ratios (ARs) between similar to 40 and >1000. The NTs obtained were thermally stable in air up to 400 degrees C but were oxidized within the temperature range 400-550 degrees C to produce yellow WO3 particles. Critically, 400 degrees C is well above the temperature used to mix additives with the majority of meltprocessable polymers. The hydrophilic WS2 NTs were easily dispersed in poly(lactic) acid (PLA) using a twin-screw extruder, but the shear stresses applied during melt mixing resulted in chopping of the NTs such that the AR decreased by >95% and the tensile mechanical properties of the PLA were unchanged. Although the as-extruded unfilled PLA was >99% amorphous, the much-shortened WS2 NTs had a significant effect on the crystallization behavior of PLA, inducing heterogeneous nucleation, increasing the crystallization temperature (T-c) by similar to 3 degrees C and the crystalline content by 15%, and significantly increasing the rate of PLA crystallization, producing smaller and more densely packed spherulites. The reduction in the AR and the nucleating effect of WS2 NTs for PLA are critical considerations in the preparation, by melt mixing, of composites of rigid 1D NTs and polymers, irrespective of the target application, including bone tissue engineering and bioresorbable vascular scaffolds.
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