Effect of the structural features of biobased linear polyester plasticizers on the crystallization of polylactidesShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, ISSN 0141-8130, E-ISSN 1879-0003, Vol. 214, p. 128-139Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This work presents, for the first time, a detailed report on how the nucleation and crystallization of polylactide (PLLA) are affected by biobased aliphatic polyesters plasticizers. Three biobased polyesters were synthesized via solvent-free two-stage melt polycondensation of adipic acid (AdA) with three different biobased aliphatic diols and used as plasticizers for poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA). The molecular structure of the synthesized polyesters was proved using 1H NMR, 13C NMR and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. PLLA/AdA-based blends containing 10 wt% of the polyester plasticizers were studied by tensile tests, dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA), wide-angle x-ray scattering (WAXS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light optical microscopy (PLOM). Adding the plasticizers to PLLA decreased Tg by up to 11 °C and significantly increased the elongation at break by about 8 times compared with neat PLLA. The addition of 10 wt% of any AdA-based plasticizer to PLLA increases the nucleation rate from the glassy state by around 50-110 % depending on the plasticizer. The overall crystallization rate from the glassy state was 2-3 times faster for the plasticized PLLAs than neat PLLA. These results are a consequence of the lower energy barrier for both nucleation and growth processes. The incorporation of AdA-based linear polyesters had an incremental impact on the crystal growth rate (or secondary nucleation) of PLLA spherulites from the melt and glassy states. In conclusion, the AdA-based aliphatic polyesters allowed to enhance PLLA crystallization rates and showed interesting potential for the formulation of fully biobased PLLA blends.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 214, p. 128-139
Keywords [en]
Polylactide, Aliphatic polyester plasticizer, Spherulitic growth kinetics, Nucleation rate, Overall isothermal crystallization kinetics
National Category
Biochemistry Molecular Biology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-315709DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.06.056ISI: 000818528000006PubMedID: 35700846Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85132538117OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-315709DiVA, id: diva2:1683722
Note
QC 20230925
2022-07-182022-07-182025-02-20Bibliographically approved