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JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS
卷 44, 期 23, 页码 3392-3405出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20957
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cloisite (R) 30B; inorganic contaminations; melt rheology crystallization; nanostructure; polylactide; thermal stability
A Brabender mixer was used to deagglomerate and disperse organomodified montmorillonite Cloisite (R) 30B (3 wt %) in polylactide (PLA) matrix to obtain nanocomposite systems. The influence of compounding conditions such as blending time (6.5, 10, 20, and 30 min) and compression molding on the nanostructure of nanocomposites was investigated. Molecular weight changes of the PLA matrices induced by melt compounding were determined. Good rheological behavior of the PIA during melt blending with Cloisite (R) 30B was observed. Prolongation of the blending process improved homogenization of the nanocomposites with the formation of more intercalated and exfoliated structures as revealed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray analysis. Some orientation of the silicate nanoplatelets induced by compression molding of the nanocomposites was revealed by TEM. It was found that an increase of dispersion degree of the silicate layers modified pronouncedly the physical properties of nanocomposites through an increase of thermal stability as revealed by the thermogravimetric analysis, a decrease of crystallizability of the PIA matrix during melt-crystallization and upon heating from the glassy, amorphous state. Rheological properties of the nanocomposites determined during dynamic frequency sweep appeared to be very sensitive to the nanostructure evolution. Moreover, the scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy investigations showed the presence of the micron-size inorganic contaminations in the nanocomposites originating from organoclay Cloisite (R) 30B. These inclusions were resistive to deagglomeration during melt processing. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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