Poly(D-lactic acid) as a rheological modifier of poly(L-lactic acid): Shear and biaxial extensional flow behavior
Poly(D-lactic acid) as a rheological modifier of poly(L-lactic acid): Shear and biaxial extensional flow behavior
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DOI:
10.1122/1.1687736
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发表时间:
2004-05
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
H. Yamane;K. Sasai;M. Takano;Masaoki Takahashi
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作者:
H. Yamane;K. Sasai;M. Takano;Masaoki Takahashi
The effect of addition of a small amount of poly(D-lactic acid) (PDLA) on the melt rheology of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) was investigated. PDLA added to PLLA produces a stereocomplex which stays unmelted even above Tm of PLLA. Because of the imbalanced contents of component polymers, the stereocomplex does not grow into a large crystallite but rather acts as a crosslinking point of PLLA chains resulting in the apparent introduction of the long chain branching as well as in the apparent increase in molecular weight. Such changes in the molecular structure give rise to the change in the melt rheology depending on the content and the molecular weight of PDLA. The addition of low Mw PDLA significantly affects the shear rheology of PLLA melts while high Mw PDLA does not give such a significant effect. However, the addition of PDLA with high and low Mw’s gives a strong strain hardening character to PLLA melt even at a very low PDLA content.