Plasticization of poly(L-lactide) with poly(propylene glycol)

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作者
Kulinski, Z. [1 ]
Piorkowska, E. [1 ]
gadzinowska, K. [1 ]
Stasiak, M. [1 ]
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[1] Polish Acad Sci, Ctr Mol & Macromol Studies, PL-90363 Lodz, Poland
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10.1021/bm060089m
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A new plasticizer for poly(L-lactide) (PLA)-poly(propylene glycol) (PPG) is proposed. The advantage of using PPG is that it does not crystallize, has low glass transition temperature, and is miscible with PLA. PLA was plasticized with PPGs with nominal M-w of 425 and 1000 g/mol. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), long known as a plasticizer for PLA, with nominal Mw of 600 g/mol, was also used to plasticize PLA for comparison. The thermal and tensile properties of PLA and PLA with 5-12.5 wt % of the plasticizers were studied. In blends of PLA with PPGs the glass transition temperature was lower than that of neat PLA. Both PPGs enhanced the crystallizability of PLA albeit less than PEG. All of the plasticizers increased also the ability of PLA to plastic deformation which was reflected in a decrease of yield stress and in an increase of elongation at break. The effect was enhanced by the higher PPG content and also by lower molecular weight of PPG. A phase separation occurred only in the blend containing 12.5 wt % of PPG with higher molecular weight. The evidences of crazing were found in deformed samples of PLA with low plasticizer content, whereas the samples with higher content of plasticizers crystallized due to deformation.
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