Preparation and Physical Performance of Green Poly(L-lactic acid) Composition by Blending with Starch
Yan-Hua Cai*, Qian Zheng, Wen-Jiang Guo
Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials & Remediation Technologies, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Yongchuan, Chongqing-402160, P.R. China
Abstract
Objective:
To develop more green polymer composites and further know the performance of green composites, the composites based on green poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and starch were fabricated by a counter-rotating mixer. And effect of starch on the fluidity and nucleating performance of PLLA was investigated using melt index instrument, optical depolarizer and wide angle X-ray diffraction instrument, respectively.
Method and Conclusion:
The fluidity of PLLA/starch composites showed that, compared to the neat PLLA, the addition of starch made the fluidity of PLLA increase significantly and the melt mass flow rate of PLLA/5%starch sample had the maximum value 13.36 g/10min. In addition, the introduction of starch could also increase the crystallization rate of PLLA through isothermal crystallization measurement and x-ray diffraction analysis, the maximum value of crystallization rate of PLLA/starch composites appeared in low crystallization temperature zone, and 10 wt% starch could make the t1/2 of PLLA decrease from 3999.4s to 421.4s.
Keywords: Poly(L-lactic acid), Starch, Green composites, Nucleating performance, Fluidity, Crystalization.
Article Information
Article History:
Received Date: 23/02/2017
Revision Received Date: 03/03/2017
Acceptance Date: 24/05/2017
Electronic publication date: 31/07/2017
Collection year: 2017
© 2017 Yan-Hua Cai.
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