Correlation between composition, structure and properties of poly(lactic acid) / polyadipate based nanobiocomposites

Poly(lactic acid) plasticized with 15 and 20 wt.-% of polyadipate was melt-blended with different amounts of an O-MMT (1–5 wt.-%) to prepare nano-biocomposites. The effect of plasticizer and nanofiller contents on the morphology and on thermal, mechanical and barrier properties of PLA-based nano-bio...

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Autores: Martino, Veronica P., Ruseckaite, Roxana Alejandra, Jiménez, Alfonso, Averous, Luc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/12620
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/12620
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ageing
Nanocomposites
Organo-Modified Montmorillonite
Poly(Lactic Acid)
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Sumario:Poly(lactic acid) plasticized with 15 and 20 wt.-% of polyadipate was melt-blended with different amounts of an O-MMT (1–5 wt.-%) to prepare nano-biocomposites. The effect of plasticizer and nanofiller contents on the morphology and on thermal, mechanical and barrier properties of PLA-based nano-biocomposites was evaluated in order to understand their structure-properties relationships. The oxygen transmission rate was notably reduced (around 45%) with increasing amount of clay due to an increased tortuosity. However, for clay concentrations above 3 wt.-%, a significant detriment in ductile properties could also be observed. For a given amount of nanofiller, the increasing plasticizer concentration improved the clay dispersion through the polymeric matrix.