scholarly journals Appraisal of ε‐Caprolactam and Trimellitic Anhydride Potential as Novel Chain Extenders for Poly(lactic acid)

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 944-955
Author(s):  
Imane Mayouf ◽  
Melia Guessoum ◽  
Mónica Fuensanta ◽  
José Miguel Martín Martìnez
2021 ◽  
Vol 138 (29) ◽  
pp. 50686
Author(s):  
Krishnaa B. Venkatesan ◽  
Sonal S. Karkhanis ◽  
Laurent M. Matuana

2015 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.M. Julien ◽  
J.-C. Quantin ◽  
J.-C. Bénézet ◽  
A. Bergeret ◽  
M.F. Lacrampe ◽  
...  

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 2791
Author(s):  
Juan José Benvenuta-Tapia ◽  
Pascale Champagne ◽  
José Alfredo Tenorio-López ◽  
Eduardo Vivaldo-Lima ◽  
Ramiro Guerrero-Santos

The aim of this contribution is to assess the use poly(styrene-co-glycidyl methacrylate-b-styrene) copolymers synthesized by nitroxide mediated polymerization (NMP) as chain extenders in the recycling of poly(lactic acid) biopolyester. Concisely, the addition of such block copolymers during the melt processing of recycled poly(lactic acid) (rPLA) leads to important increases in the viscosity average molecular weight of modified polymeric materials. Molar masses increase from 31,000 g/mol for rPLA to 48,000 g mol−1 for the resulting rPLA/copolymer blends (bPLA). Fortuitously, this last value is nearly the same as the one for pristine PLA, which constitutes a first piece of evidence of the molar mass increase of the recycled biopolymer. Thermograms of chain extended rPLA show significant decreases in cold crystallization temperature and higher crystallinity degrees due to the chain extension process using NMP-synthesized copolymers. It was found that increasing epoxide content in the NMP-synthesized copolymers leads to increased degrees of crystallinity and lower cold crystallization temperatures. The rheological appraisal has shown that the addition of NMP synthesized copolymers markedly increases complex viscosity and elastic modulus of rPLA. Our results indicate that P(S-co-GMA)-b-S) copolymers act as efficient chain extenders of rPLA, likely due to the reaction between the epoxy groups present in P(S-co-GMA)-b-PS and the carboxyl acid groups present in rPLA. This reaction positively affects viscometric molar mass of PLA and its performance.


2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (20) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Ting Han ◽  
Zhong Xin ◽  
Yaoqi Shi ◽  
Shicheng Zhao ◽  
Xin Meng ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 131 (5) ◽  
pp. 395-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toru Oi ◽  
Katsuyoshi Shinyama ◽  
Shigetaka Fujita

2014 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Naru Matsugasaki ◽  
Katsuyoshi Shinyama ◽  
Shigetaka Fujita

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