Crystal and Thermal Properties of PLLA PDLA Blends Synthesized by Direct Melt Polycondensation
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铌酸锂圆偏振拉曼英文回答:Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) is a crystal that exhibits interesting optical properties, including its ability to generate and manipulate polarized light. One of the techniques used to study the interaction of light with LiNbO3 is Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool that provides information about the vibrational modes of a material, which can then be used to identify and characterize the material.In the case of LiNbO3, Raman spectroscopy can be used to study the crystal's phonon modes, which are the vibrational modes associated with the crystal lattice. These phonon modes can be excited by incident light, and the resulting scattered light can be analyzed to determine the frequencies and intensities of the phonon modes. By comparing the observed Raman spectrum with theoretical calculations or reference spectra, researchers can gaininsights into the crystal structure and properties of LiNbO3.Raman spectroscopy can also be used to study the polarization properties of LiNbO3. By using polarized incident light and analyzing the scattered light, researchers can determine how the crystal responds to different polarization states. This can provide valuable information about the crystal's birefringence, which is the difference in refractive index for different polarization states of light. Understanding the birefringence of LiNbO3 is important for applications such as electro-optic modulation and waveguide devices.中文回答:铌酸锂(LiNbO3)是一种晶体,具有有趣的光学特性,包括产生和操纵偏振光的能力。
第25卷第6期 硅 酸 盐 通 报 Vol .25 No .6 2006年12月 BULLETI N OF THE CH I N ESE CERAM I C S OC I ETY December,2006 散热参数对冷心放肩微量提拉法生长蓝宝石晶体影响的数值模拟许承海,孟松鹤,韩杰才,左洪波,张明福,汪桂根,G .Benik(哈尔滨工业大学复合材料研究所,哈尔滨 150001)摘要:利用数值模拟分析的方法,研究了冷心放肩微量提拉法生长蓝宝石晶体过程中热交换器散热参数对晶体质量的影响趋势;分析了热交换器的散热参数变化对晶体生长的固液界面凸出率和晶体内温度分布、温度梯度的影响。
结果表明,热交换器的对流换热系数和工作流体的温度变化对晶体生长的固液界面突出率和温度梯度具有相似的影响效果;且在晶体长到一定尺寸后,只靠加大热交换器的散热热能力,不足使晶体继续生长。
关键词:散热参数;数值模拟;蓝宝石;冷心放肩微量提拉法Num er i ca l S i m ul a ti on of Hea t D issi pa ti on Param eters πEffect onSapph i re Cryst a l Growth w ith SAP M AC M ethodXU Cheng 2hai,M EN G S ong 2he,HAN J ie 2cai,ZUO Hong 2bo,ZHAN G M ing 2fu,WAN G Gui 2gen,G .B en ik(Center for Composite Materials,Harbin I nstitute of Technol ogy,Harbin 150001,China )Abstract:Nu merical analysis was used t o si m ulate the sapphire crystal gr owth p r ocess with S AP MAC method .The influences of the heat dissi pati on para meters on the convexity of the s olid 2melt interface were analyzed .Te mperature distributi on and gradient of crystal inside are studied .The results show that ther mal convecti on coefficient of ther mal exchanger and te mperature change of cooling medium have si m ilar effects on the convexity of s olid 2liquid interface and te mperature gradient .A ls o,it is concluded that it isn’t sufficient for crystal continual gr owth if only the extracti on heat capacity of heat exchanger is enlarged when the crystal gr ows t o a certain size .Key words:heat dissi pati on para meters;numerical si m ulati on;sapphire;S AP MAC method作者简介:许承海(19782),男,博士研究生.从事S AP MAC 法大尺寸蓝宝石单晶生长与数值模拟分析方面的研究.E 2mail:hitxuchenghai@sina .com 蓝宝石(α2A l 2O 3)单晶是一种性能非常优异的晶体材料[1],近年来随着集成电路、铁电薄膜、超导薄膜和红外技术的迅速发展,对蓝宝石单晶材料提出了更高的要求,即尺寸大、质量高和成本低[2~4]。
功 能 高 分 子 学 报Vol. 35 No. 6 548Journal of Functional Polymers2022 年 12 月文章编号: 1008-9357(2022)06-0548-06DOI: 10.14133/ki.1008-9357.20220422002 LiCl对聚丁内酰胺的热塑改性研究蔡智立1,2, 张雅敬1,2, 辛瑞杰1,2, 邱勇隽1,2, 陈 涛2,3, 蒋丽华1,2, 赵黎明1,2(华东理工大学 1. 生物工程学院,生物反应器工程国家重点实验室;2. 中国轻工业生物基材料工程重点实验室;3. 材料科学与工程学院,上海市先进聚合物材料重点实验室 , 上海 200237)摘 要: 以LiCl作为增塑剂,采用熔融共混挤出法对聚丁内酰胺(PA4)进行热塑改性制得改性PA4(LiCl/PA4)。
利用广角X射线衍射(WAXD)、差示扫描量热(DSC)和拉伸测试等方法对LiCl/PA4的结晶性能、热力学性能和力学性能等进行了研究和分析。
结果表明,将LiCl加入到PA4中,由于Li+和C=O中的氧原子发生络合作用,破坏了PA4中分子间的氢键和结晶。
随着LiCl含量的增加,LiCl/PA4的熔点和结晶度逐渐减小,断裂伸长率大幅提高,拉伸强度先升高后降低。
当LiCl与PA4的质量比为5%时,熔点为223.9 ℃,结晶度降低至37.88%。
当LiCl与PA4的质量比为1%时,拉伸强度最高可增至57.90 MPa。
关键词: 聚丁内酰胺;氯化锂;增塑;结晶;力学性能中图分类号: O631.1 文献标志码: AStudy on the Thermoplastic Modification of Polybutyrolactam by LiClCAI Zhili1,2, ZHANG Yajing1,2, XIN Ruijie1,2, QIU Yongjun1,2, CHEN Tao2,3, JIANG Lihua1,2, ZHAO Liming1,2(State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Bioengineering; 2. Key Laboratory of Biobased Material Engineering, China National Light Industry; 3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China)Abstract: Polybutyrolactam (PA4) was thermoplastic modified by melt blending extrusion with lithium chloride (LiCl) as the plasticizer. The thermodynamic, crystalline and mechanical properties of LiCl plasticized PA4(LiCl/PA4) were investigated by means of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and tensile test. XPS results showed that the O atom binding energy of unplasticized PA4 was 531.40 eV. Compared with the unplasticized sample, the binding energy of O atom in LiCl/PA4 system increased by 0.25 eV, while that of N atom was almost unchanged. Therefore, Li+ was mainly complexed with oxygen rather than N atomin in amide bond. Such complexation destroyed the intermolecular hydrogen bonds of PA4 and restrained the crystallization. With the increment of LiCl content, the melting point and crystallinity of PA4 gradually decreased. When m(LiCl)∶m(PA4) was 5%, the melting point of LiCl/PA4 decreased to 223.9 ℃ and was 41.6 ℃lower than that of unplasticized sample. Meanwhile, the crystallinity of plasticized PA4 decreased to 37.88%. In addition,收稿日期: 2022-04-22基金项目: 上海市“科技创新行动计划” 技术标准项目(21DZ2205900);国家重点研发计划课题(2017YFB0309302);上海市自然科学基金项目(21ZR1416000)作者简介: 蔡智立(1997—),女,湖北襄阳人,硕士,主要研究方向为食品药品与材料工程。
PLLA的DSC曲线1. 介绍DSC(差示扫描量热法)是一种常用的热分析技术,用于研究材料的热性质和热行为。
在这篇文章中,我们将讨论聚乳酸(PLLA)的DSC曲线,探究其热性质和热行为。
2. PLLA简介PLLA是一种生物可降解聚合物,具有良好的生物相容性和可降解性能。
它由L-乳酸单体聚合而成,是一种无毒、无臭的白色粉末。
PLLA可以用于医疗领域的各种应用,如缝合线、植入物等。
3. DSC测试原理DSC是通过测量材料在给定的温度和时间条件下吸收或释放的热量来研究其热性质和热行为的一种分析技术。
DSC曲线显示了材料的热容量随温度变化的情况。
4. PLLA的DSC曲线PLLA的DSC曲线通常包含以下几个特征:4.1 玻璃化转变PLLA在低温下会发生玻璃化转变,这是由于聚合物链的运动在低温下受到限制。
玻璃化转变温度(Tg)是DSC曲线中的一个特征峰,表示聚合物从玻璃态到橡胶态的转变温度。
4.2 熔融峰PLLA在一定温度范围内会出现熔融峰,这是由于聚合物链的有序结构在高温下破坏。
熔融峰温度(Tm)是DSC曲线中的另一个特征峰,表示聚合物熔化的温度。
4.3 结晶峰在PLLA的DSC曲线中,通常会观察到一个结晶峰,表示聚合物链在冷却过程中重新排列形成有序结晶。
结晶峰温度(Tc)是DSC曲线中的特征峰,表示聚合物结晶的温度。
4.4 热分解峰在高温下,PLLA可能会发生热分解,产生热分解峰。
热分解峰温度(Td)是DSC 曲线中的一个特征峰,表示聚合物开始分解的温度。
5. PLLA的DSC曲线解读通过分析PLLA的DSC曲线,我们可以得到以下信息:•玻璃化转变温度(Tg)可以反映PLLA的玻璃化转变性质,即从刚性的玻璃态过渡到柔软的橡胶态。
•熔融峰温度(Tm)可以反映PLLA的熔融性质,即聚合物在熔融状态下的流动性。
•结晶峰温度(Tc)可以反映PLLA的结晶性质,即聚合物链在冷却过程中重新排列形成有序结晶的能力。
第36卷第6期 人 工 晶 体 学 报V o.l 36 N o .62007年12月J OURNAL O F S YNTHET I C CRY STA LS D ece m ber ,2007蓝宝石晶体热性能的各向异性对S APMAC 法晶体生长的影响许承海,杜善义,孟松鹤,韩杰才,汪桂根,左洪波,张明福(哈尔滨工业大学复合材料与结构研究所,哈尔滨150001)摘要:采用有限元法对冷心放肩微量提拉法蓝宝石晶体生长过程中晶体内的温度、应力分布进行了模拟计算,结合实验结果讨论了蓝宝石晶体热性能的各向异性对晶体生长的影响。
研究结果表明,对于冷心放肩微量提拉蓝宝石晶体生长系统,较大的轴向热导率有利于提高晶体的生长速率和界面稳定性,而稍大的径向热导率则有利于保持微凸的生长界面。
晶体内的热应力受径向热膨胀系数的影响显著,随着径向热膨胀系数的增大而增大,最大热应力总是出现在籽晶与新生晶体的界面区域。
在实验中选a 轴为结晶取向,成功生长出了直径达230mm 、高质量蓝宝石晶体。
关键词:各向异性;热性能;蓝宝石;冷心放肩微量提拉法中图分类号:O 782文献标识码:A文章编号:1000 985X (2007)06 1261 05E ffect of Sapphire Thermal Performance Anisotropyon Crystal Gro w th by S APMAC M ethodXU Cheng hai ,DU Shan y i ,ME NG Song he ,HAN J ie cai ,WANG G ui gen,ZUO H ong bo ,Z HANG M i n g fu(C enter for Co m positeM at eri a l s ,H arb i n Ins tit u te ofTechnol ogy ,H arb i n 150001,Ch i na)(R e ce i ved 17M arc h 2007)收稿日期:2007 03 17作者简介:许承海(1978 ),男,黑龙江省人,博士生。
拉曼光谱测量钙钛矿电声耦合强度1.拉曼光谱是一种用于分析晶体材料结构和性质的强大技术。
Raman spectroscopy is a powerful technique for analyzing the structure and properties of crystalline materials.2.钙钛矿是一类具有重要电声耦合特性的材料。
Perovskite is a type of material with important electroacoustic coupling properties.3.通过拉曼光谱,可以了解钙钛矿中电声耦合的强度和机制。
Raman spectroscopy can be used to understand the strength and mechanism of electroacoustic coupling in perovskite.4.钙钛矿的电声耦合特性对于光伏和光电器件的性能至关重要。
The electroacoustic coupling properties of perovskite are crucial for the performance of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices.5.拉曼光谱可以提供关于晶体结构、相变和电子结构的丰富信息。
Raman spectroscopy can provide rich information about crystal structure, phase transitions, and electronic structure.6.钙钛矿材料的电声耦合性质直接影响着其光电器件的效率和稳定性。
The electroacoustic coupling properties of perovskite materials directly affect the efficiency and stability oftheir optoelectronic devices.7.拉曼光谱测量可以帮助科学家们深入了解钙钛矿材料的微观特性。
压电材料的研究新进展温建强;章力旺【摘要】压电材料作为机电转换的功能材料,在高新技术领域扮演着重要的角色.锆钛酸铅压电陶瓷凭借其优良的性能,自投入使用以来成为最广泛使用的压电材料.近年来,探索和发展潜在的替代新型材料备受重视.本文就近些年来国内外压电材料技术研究进展中呈现的无铅化、高性能化、薄膜化的新趋势进行了综述,并对今后的研究提出一些发展性的建议.【期刊名称】《应用声学》【年(卷),期】2013(032)005【总页数】6页(P413-418)【关键词】压电材料;压电性能;无铅压电材料;压电薄膜【作者】温建强;章力旺【作者单位】中国科学院声学研究所北京100190;中国科学院声学研究所北京100190【正文语种】中文【中图分类】TM2821 引言1880年P.Curie和J.Curie首次发现石英晶体有压电效应,1954年美国 B.Jaffe 发现了锆钛酸铅(PZT)压电陶瓷,此后逐渐发展为国内外主流的压电材料,在功能材料领域占有重要的地位[1]。
压电材料发展的类型主要有单晶、多晶、微晶玻璃、有机高分子、复合材料等。
20世纪80年代以来,随着压电陶瓷材料从二元系向三元、多元系的开发研究高潮的结束,压电材料的研究一度进展缓慢。
随着科学技术快速发展,应用需求牵引下的开发探索给予了压电材料研究的新动力,加上科技工作者在基础性研究和生产工艺改进上的不懈努力,近十几年来,新型的压电材料不断涌现出,并呈现出无铅化、高性能化、薄膜化的态势,使得压电材料研究的面貌焕然一新,带动相应的应用器件研究也日趋活跃。
本文就近些年来国内外压电材料技术研究中所呈现出的新趋势和最新进展进行介绍,并对今后研究的努力发展方向进行展望,并提出一些建议。
2 压电材料研究的新趋势2.1 无铅化随着环境保护和社会可持续发展的要求,发展环境协调性材料及技术已是公认的大势所趋。
为了防止环境污染,国内外科研人员对无铅压电材料开展了大量的研究工作并取得了令人鼓舞的进展[2]。
PEG与TMB-5对PLLA结晶及性能的协同影响武学坚;罗发亮;齐亚平;邢倩;王克智【摘要】聚乳酸(PLLA)结晶速率慢、韧性差,通过联合添加成核剂(TMB-5)克服PLLA难以成核,添加链段运动调节剂聚乙二醇(PEG)提高PLLA链段运动能力以实现PLLA结晶与性能的调控.采用差示扫描量热仪(DSC)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、小角X射线衍射仪(SAXD)、偏光显微镜(POM)和力学性能测试,考察了不同配比的TMB-5和PEG对PLLA的结晶行为与韧性的影响.结果表明,在PLLA中添加TMB-5和PEG,PLLA的玻璃化转变温度下降,结晶峰温度向高温方向移动,结晶速率加快,球晶尺寸变大,同时伴随有环带球晶的出现,但对PL L A的结构和晶型没有影响.力学测试表明,TMB-5/PEG协同改善了PLLA的韧性,当添加质量分数0.5%的TMB-5和质量分数3%的PEG时,PLLA/TMB-5/PEG三元共混物的韧性达到5.05kJ/m2,比PLLA/TMB-5二元共混物、PLLA分别提高了22.9%和150%.【期刊名称】《石油学报(石油加工)》【年(卷),期】2018(024)005【总页数】9页(P995-1003)【关键词】聚乳酸;聚乙二醇(PEG);TMB-5;结晶;韧性【作者】武学坚;罗发亮;齐亚平;邢倩;王克智【作者单位】宁夏大学省部共建煤炭高效利用与绿色化工国家重点实验室 ,宁夏银川 750021;宁夏大学省部共建煤炭高效利用与绿色化工国家重点实验室 ,宁夏银川 750021;宁夏大学省部共建煤炭高效利用与绿色化工国家重点实验室 ,宁夏银川 750021;北京工商大学材料与机械工程学院 ,北京 100048;山西化工研究所 ,山西太原 030021【正文语种】中文【中图分类】TQ321.2聚乳酸(PLLA)作为一种绿色、环保的新型非石油基材料已成为高分子材料领域最重要的研究对象,其良好的生物可降解及生物相容性使其广泛应用于食品包装、药物控制释放和高强度零件等领域[1]。
聚乳酸(PLA)合成与改性的研究进展范兆乾【摘要】在无数种类的可降解聚合物中,聚乳酸(PLA)塑料是一种脂肪族聚酯,是具有生物相容性的热塑性塑料,它是目前最具有发展前景的环境友好型塑料材料。
这篇综述提供了目前的PLA市场信息,并介绍了近年来PLA合成和PLA改性方面的研究进展。
%In myriad types of biodegradable polymer, polylactic acid plastic is a kind of aliphatic polyester, it have the biocompatibility of thermoplastic, it is currently the most potential environment - friendly plastic material. The market information are provides in this paper, the advances in the research of PLA synthesis and PLA modification in recent years are introduced.【期刊名称】《河南化工》【年(卷),期】2011(000)015【总页数】4页(P21-24)【关键词】聚乳酸;PLA;塑料;合成;改性【作者】范兆乾【作者单位】青岛科技大学化工学院,山东青岛266042【正文语种】中文【中图分类】TQ325目前,全世界塑料年产量已经超过2亿t,相应的,塑料废弃物也逐年增加,严重污染环境,减少废塑料污染的方法之一是使用在自然界无论生物体内外都可以自然降解,不会造成环境污染的生物降解材料。
聚乳酸(Poly Lactic Acid,PLA)就是一种可生物降解材料。
PLA有三种立体化学存在形式,聚L-乳酸(PLLA)、聚D-乳酸(PDLA)和聚DL-乳酸(PDLLA)。
laf3晶体膨胀系数英文回答:Lanthanum fluoride (LaF3) is a colorless, transparent crystal that is used in a variety of applications,including lasers, optical coatings, and scintillation detectors. One of the important properties of LaF3 is its thermal expansion coefficient, which describes how the crystal expands or contracts as its temperature changes.The thermal expansion coefficient of LaF3 is anisotropic, meaning that it varies depending on the direction of the applied force. Along the a-axis of the crystal, the thermal expansion coefficient is approximately 11.2 × 10^-6 K^-1, while along the c-axis, it is approximately 16.9 × 10^-6 K^-1. This anisotropy is due to the fact that the LaF3 crystal structure is not cubic, but rather trigonal.The thermal expansion coefficient of LaF3 is importantfor a number of reasons. First, it can be used to calculate the stress that is induced in the crystal when it is subjected to a temperature change. This information is important for designing optical coatings and other applications where the crystal is exposed to varying temperatures. Second, the thermal expansion coefficient can be used to calculate the change in refractive index of the crystal as its temperature changes. This information is important for designing lasers and other optical devices.中文回答:氟化镧(LaF3)是一种无色透明晶体,用于各种应用,包括激光器、光学镀膜和闪烁探测器。
2017年第36卷第10期 CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING PROGRESS·3751·化 工 进展天然纤维增强聚乳酸基可降解复合材料的研究进展徐冲,张效林,丛龙康,邓祥胜,金霄,聂孙建(西安理工大学印刷包装与数字媒体学院,陕西 西安 710048)摘要:聚乳酸(PLA )以其优异的生物降解性在可降解材料领域备受关注,然而其脆性、热稳定性以及相对较高的价格限制了其应用领域。
采用天然纤维增强PLA 复合材料是改善PLA 力学及热稳定性能的有效途径之一。
本文综述了国内外对天然纤维增强聚乳酸基可降解复合材料的研究现状及新进展,讨论了动物纤维、植物纤维改性聚乳酸复合材料的性能、技术方法及潜在应用领域。
此外,论文综述了PLA/植物纤维复合材料降解的研究进展,展望了PLA/天然纤维复合材料在降低PLA 复合材料成本、提高力学性能并保持生物降解性能等方面的发展前景。
关键词:聚乳酸;复合材料;天然纤维;力学性能;可生物降解中图分类号:TQ327 文献标志码:A 文章编号:1000–6613(2017)10–3751–06 DOI :10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2017-0123Progress of natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid biodegradablecompositesXU Chong ,ZHANG Xiaolin ,CONG Longkang ,DENG Xiangsheng ,JIN Xiao ,NIE Sunjian(Faculty of Printing ,Packing Engineering and Digital Media Technology ,Xi’an University of Technology ,Xi’an710048,Shaanxi ,China )Abstract :Polylactic acid is very attractive in the field of biodegradable materials .However ,due to the limitation of the molecular chain structure of PLA ,its flexibility is poor and the material is brittle which make the PLA polymer unsuitable for many applications .The mechanical and thermal stability can be improved by reinforcing it with natural fibers. This paper reviewed the research status and new progress of natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid biodegradable composites in domestic and overseas ,and discussed the properties ,technical methods and potential applications of polylactic acid composites modified by animal fiber and plant fiber .In addition ,this paper reviewed research progress of the degradation of PLA/plant fiber composites .The development prospects of PLA/natural fiber composite such as reducing the cost of PLA composite materials ,improving the mechanical properties and the biodegradable properties, was also predicted . Key words :polylactic acid ;composite materials ;natural fiber ;mechanical properties ;biodegradable随着人们生活水平的逐渐提高,对资源的需求也不断增加。
收稿日期:2013-08-30;修改稿收到日期:2014-01-08。
作者简介:蔡晗炳,男,1989年生,在读硕士研究生,主要从事高分子共混体系结晶行为的研究。
E-mail:chbwinchb@163.com。
*通信联系人,E-mail:wangtw@njut.edu.cn。
基金项目:由江苏高校优势学科建设工程项目资助。
櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅櫅殯殯殯殯试验研究PVDF/PLLA共混体系的结晶行为和球晶生长形貌研究蔡晗炳 王庭慰﹡ 曾浩 沙锐(南京工业大学材料科学与工程学院,江苏南京,210009) 摘要:通过溶液浇铸共混法制备聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)/聚左旋乳酸(PLLA)共混物,采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR)、偏光显微镜(POM)以及差示扫描量热仪(DSC)研究共混物的晶体生长形貌和熔融结晶行为。
结果表明:PLLA对PVDF的球晶生长有明显的阻碍作用,当PLLA质量分数达到80%时完全抑制了PVDF的结晶。
共混物中PVDF晶体的生长方式随PLLA含量的增多,由原来的三维球状生长变为三维和二维生长并存。
相反,少量的PVDF却有促进PLLA成核、结晶的作用,尤其当PVDF质量分数低于20%时,PLLA的结晶时间大幅缩短,结晶起始温度也显著提高。
关键词: 聚偏氟乙烯 聚左旋乳酸 结晶行为 檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷檷殟殟殟殟球晶形貌Crystallization Behaviors and Spherulitic Morphologies ofPVDF/PLLA BlendsCai Hanbing Wang Tingwei Zeng Hao Sha Rui(School of Materials Science and Engineering,Nanjing University of Technology,Nanjing,Jiangsu,210009)Abstract:PVDF/PLLA blends were prepared by solution casting method,spheruliticmorphologies and crystallization behaviors of PVDF/PLLA blends were investigated byFTIR,POM and DSC.The results show that the spherulitic growth of PVDF is greatlyhindered by coexistent PLLA,when the mass fraction of PLLA is 80%,PVDF has beencompletely restrained from crystallizing.With the increasing of PLLA content,the crystal-lization mechanism of PVDF has already changed from simple three-dimensional spheruliticgrowth to two and three dimensional growth coexistence.On the contrary,a small quan-tity of PVDF can improve the nucleating and crystallizing of PLLA.Especially when themass fraction of PVDF is below 20%,the crystallization time for PLLA is sharply short-ened and its initial crystallization temperature increases evidently at the same time.Key words:poly(vinylidene fluoride);poly(L-lactic acid);crystallization behavior;spherulitic morphology 聚偏氟乙烯(PVDF)兼具氟树脂和通用树脂的良好特性,除具有优异的耐化学腐蚀性、耐候性、力学性能外,还具有压电性[1]、介电性等特殊性能。
The inexistence of epitaxial relationship between stereocomplex and a crystal of poly(lactic acid):Direct experimental evidenceTao Wen a ,Zujiang Xiong a ,Guoming Liu a ,Xiuqin Zhang b ,Sicco de Vos c ,Ryan Wang d ,Cornelis A.P.Joziasse c ,Fosong Wang a ,Dujin Wang a ,*aBeijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences,CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics,Institute of Chemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China bBeijing Key Laboratory of Clothing Materials R &D and Assessment,School of Materials Science &Engineering,Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology,Beijing 100029,China cPurac Biochem B.V.,Arkelsedijk 46,P.O.Box 21,4200AA Gorinchem,The Netherlands dPurac China,Building 3,Yuanshan Road #318,Minhang District,Shanghai 201108,Chinaa r t i c l e i n f oArticle history:Received 22November 2012Received in revised form 30January 2013Accepted 9February 2013Available online 15February 2013Keywords:Poly(lactic acid)Surface-induced crystallization Stereocomplexa b s t r a c tIn order to obtain a clear understanding to the interplay between the homogeneous crystal (a form)of PLA and its stereocomplex (SC)crystal,the crystalline behavior of PLA homopolymer under the surface drive force of SC and homopolymer fibers has been investigated in the present work.It was found that the nucleating density of the transcrystallization layer along the SC fiber was much lower than that along the homopolymer ones.Such morphologic difference between transcrystallization induced by SC and homopolymer fibers became more pronounced at higher crystallization temperature.The crystallization induction period (t i )of PLLA onto SC fiber was five times longer than that along homopolymer ones at 160 C.However,if the blend fiber was predominantly containing a crystal,it could exhibit high nucleating capability as well as the homopolymer fibers.The results of TEM selected area electron diffraction (SAED)also revealed that the organization and orientation of a crystal were independent with the presence of SC substrate.Our results clearly indicated that there is no epitaxial relationship between PLA SC and a crystal.Ó2013Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved.1.IntroductionFor improving the processability and thermal properties of poly(lactic acid)(PLA),a biobased,aliphatic (co)polyester with relatively low crystallization rate that limits its practical applica-tions,various organic and inorganic components have been employed as nucleating agents [1e 3].Meanwhile,it was found that adding a small amount of poly(D -lactic acid)(PDLA)effectively enhances the overall crystallization rate of poly(L -lactic acid)(PLLA)[4e 15].For instance,Schmidt et al.studied the nucleation ef ficiency (NE)of PDLA for PLLA via non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)experiments,and found that PDLA showed a much higher NE than mineral talc at the same con-centration [4].During the past decade,such accelerating effect is always ascribed to the formation of stereocomplex (SC)crystallites and subsequent epitaxial crystallization of PLLA homopolymer onto SC,because one may think that the chemical structures of a crystal and SC crystal are totally identical [4,5,7,13].Stereo-complexation between enantiomeric poly(lactic acid),i.e.,theformation of a racemic crystal in 1:1blends of PLLA and PDLA,was firstly reported by Ikada and coworkers [16].In practice,the melting range of SC is between 200and 240 C,depending on average crystal size and stereochemical purity of the constituent PLAs.Since the melting temperature (T m )of SC is much higher than that of PLLA or PDLA homopolymer (D T m z 50 C),it is supposed that SC maintains a solid state above the T m of PLLA,and thus serves as nuclei during the crystallization of homopolymer upon cooling from the melt.However,this supposition becomes doubtful when the corre-sponding results from different authors are compared in more detail.For example,Zhang et al.studied the crystallization behavior of PLLA/PDLA blend,and found PLA a crystal randomly distributed in the drawn sample where the highly oriented SC was already present [17].That means the orientation of later formed a crystal was independent of the crystalline state of the previously existing SC crystal.This result is inconsistent with traditional knowledge about epitaxial crystallization.For instance,in the drawn PE/PP blend sample,the PE crystallization epitaxially grew along the speci fic direction relative to PP crystallization,namely,PE chains align along the methyl group rows of the PP helices with c axis inclination of Æ50 [18,19].The orientation of later formed crystal*Corresponding author.E-mail address:djwang@ (D.Wang).Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirectPolymerjou rn al homepage :/locate/polymer0032-3861/$e see front matter Ó2013Elsevier Ltd.All rights reserved./10.1016/j.polymer.2013.02.010Polymer 54(2013)1923e 1929(i.e.,PE)was determined by the former one(i.e.,PP).Obviously,thisis not the case occurred in PLLA and PDLA blend.The main aim of the present work is to obtain a better under-standing of the interaction between the racemic SC crystals andpure enantiomeric homopolymer of PLA.For this reason,westudied the crystallization of PLA homopolymer in the presence ofPLA homopolymerfibers and SCfibers of racemic blend.It isbelieved that the crystallization induced by the external surfacesdepends on the corresponding nucleating capability of thesubstrates.2.Experimental section2.1.Materials and preparation of blendSamples of PLLA and PDLA were kindly provided as pellets byPurac Biochem(Gorinchem,The Netherlands),and both were usedwithout further purification.The basic information of these mate-rials is shown in Table1.The PLLA and PDLA pellets were dried at80 C in a vacuum ovenovernight before melt blending.The blend of PLLA and PDLA(50:50,wt%)was prepared using an internal mixer(Polylab OS,Thermo Scientific HAAKE)operated at200 C with a rotation speedof50rpm for5min.2.2.Preparation procedure offibersThefiber used in the present work was prepared by melt-spinning from a capillary rheometer(RH7,Bohlin).The PLLA,PDLA and their blend were heated in the rheometer at190,190and250 C,respectively,and extruded through a spinneret with a singlehole with an inner diameter of1mm.The extrudate was taken-upat a rate of200m/min intofiber,and the diameter of the as-spun fibers is about45m m.The obtainedfibers were cooled in the ambient temperature.The as-spunfiber wasfirstly drawn to100%strain at80 C byusing a tensile hot stage(TST350,Linkam),and the moving speed ofthe clamps was100m m/s.Subsequently,such stretchedfibers were annealed at120 C under tension,for homopolymer ones and at 200 C for the blend ones,respectively.In addition,the blendfiber was also annealed at145 C for60min,in order to produce blend fiber simultaneously containing a and SC crystal(named as SC-145). X-ray diffraction patterns of annealedfibers were recorded on a Rigaku D/max-2500diffractometer using Cu K a radiation (l¼0.154nm)in the2q scan range of5e30 at ambient temper-ature.Melting temperature(T m)of thefibers was measured by using a TA Q2000DSC at a heating rate of10 C/min under N2 atmosphere.2.3.Fiber-induced crystallization and POM observationThefiber/matrix sample for polarized optical microscope(POM) observation was produced via a modified method which was re-ported by Yan and coworkers[20].Thin PLLA and PDLAfilms were prepared by compression-molding the polymer pellets at190 C, and the average thickness was about30m m.A piece of PLLA thin film(10mmÂ10mm)was heated to200 C for3min on glass slide to eliminate thermal history,and fast cooled to175 C where the matrix was still kept in the supercooling state.Thefibers were firstly end-fixed in a glass slide,and introduced onto PLLA matrix. Subsequently,fiber/matrix composite was isothermally crystallized at130 C for15min.The crystallization offiber/matrix composite was observed by using an Olympus BX51optical microscope under crossed polarizers.2.4.Highly oriented PLAfilms and TEM selected area electron diffraction(SAED)Uniaxially oriented thinfilm of PLLA/PDLA blend for TEM testing was produced according to the method introduced by Petermann and Gohil[21].The average thickness of highly oriented thinfilm was about50nm.PLLAfilm with a thickness of100nm was ob-tained by casting a0.1%PLLA solution in xylene on the surface of distilled water at room temperature.Firstly,oriented blendfilm was annealed at200 C for200min and quenched in liquid ni-trogen.Then the PLLA thinfilm was carefully transferred onto the annealed blendfilm.Such double-layer sample was heated to 200 C for3min and subsequently cooled down at a rate of2 C/ min.For comparison,PLLA thinfilm crystallized on amorphous carbonfilm was also studied.All the treatment mentioned above was carried out on a Linkam LTS350hot stage.Selected area elec-tron diffraction(SAED)patterns were obtained by using a Hitachi H-800transmission electron microscope(TEM)operated at100kV. The diameter of selected area aperture is4.8m m.3.Results and discussion3.1.Crystallization of PLA induced by blend and homopolymerfibersFor investigating the crystalline state of annealedfibers,thefi-bers used in this work were characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD).Fig.1shows the corresponding X-ray diffraction profiles.For PLLA and PDLAfibers,the reflection peak at2q of16.7 indicates a crystal of PLA homopolymer.Meanwhile,for the racemic blendfi-bers annealed at200 C,three peaks around2q of12.3 ,21.0 andTable1Basic information of materials.M n a (kg/mol)M w a(kg/mol)PDI MFR b(g/10min)T g( C)T m( C)PLLA152226 1.49 6.957.5175.4 PDLA108167 1.5618.856.9173.7a Measured by SEC using chloroform as the eluant,low-angle laser light scattering (LALLS)detection and calibration against PS standards.b Meltflow rate,2.16kg,200C.Fig.1.XRD profiles of homopolymerfibers and racemic blendfibers.“SC”presents theracemic blendfiber annealed at200 C;“SC-145”presents the blendfiber annealed at145 C.T.Wen et al./Polymer54(2013)1923e1929192424.3 indicate that the blendfibers merely contained SC crystal [22].For the blendfibers annealed at145 C,XRD showed that the a crystal was the primary constituent rather than SC,because that the crystal growth rate of a form was considerably higher than that of the racemic SC form at the selected temperature range.Although the characteristic peaks were not so obvious,SC was indeed formed in thefiber annealed at145 C and this will be discussed later.The T m of PLLA and PDLAfibers was172.8and172.1 C,respectively,and the T m of SCfiber annealed at200 C was212.3 C(See Supporting information,Fig.S1).Moreover,it was found that the diameter of PLLA and PDLAfibers was different from the SC ones after annealing i.e.,w30m m for PLLA and PDLAfibers,and w20m m for SCfiber.This is related to the observation that necking of SCfiber was more pronounced during stretching,which resulting in a smaller diam-eter compared with homopolymerfibers.This issue will not be discussed in details here.For demonstrating the interfacial interaction between SC and homopolymer PLA,we studied the crystallization of PLAfilm in the presence of PLA homopolymerfibers and racemic blendfibers.It is widely accepted that the crystallization induced byfibers reflects the interaction strength betweenfiber and matrix.Fig.2shows the POM image of PLLAfilm crystallized in the presence of homopol-ymer and SCfibers.In Fig.2a,column layers of crystallization sur-rounding thefibers,as well as the spherulite in bulk,can be observed.The crystallization generated from the surface of thefiber is well-known as transcrystallization layer(TCL)[23e26].By comparing the TCL morphologies around threefibers,we canfind that the crystallization density along the PLLA or PDLAfibers was obviously higher than that along the SCfiber.The sector-like crystallization sparsely distributed along the SCfiber;on the con-trary,the densities of the crystal around PLLA and PDLAfibers were too high to identify the individual nuclei(Fig.2a).The mechanism of the formation of transcrystallization is shown in Fig.3.In the SC fiber case,there is more space between two adjacent nucleation sites compared to the homopolymerfibers.Thus,the crystallite initiated on the SCfiber was allowed to develop along the direction parallel to thefiber,until the crystal encountered to each other (Fig.3a).Individual crystallite on the PLA homopolymerfibers, oppositely,was forced to grow toward the direction perpendicular as soon as the crystallization started,due to the spatial constraint (Fig.3b).And the higher nucleation density along the homopoly-merfiber revealed that the interaction between PLLA and homo-polymerfiber is much stronger than that between PLLA and SC fiber,i.e.,the higher interaction strength leads to a more pro-nounced reduction of nucleation energy barrier.It was reported that shear effect could be caused while thefiber was introducing into the matrix,and the shearing always enhances the formation of transcrystallization[27].In order to eliminate shear effect,thefiber/matrix sample was kept at175 C for30min before isothermal crystallization,and the corresponding result is shown in Fig.2b.In Fig.2b,the similar phenomenon as shown in Fig.2a was observed.This result indicates that the morphological difference in Fig.2a was not caused by a shearing effect,but related to the intrinsic nucleating capabilities of thefibers.A similar experiment was also performed on PDLAfilms(Fig.2c and d).Also,for PDLA matrix,the nucleating efficiency of homo-polymerfibers is much higher than that of SCfiber.Note that the thickness of TCL in PDLA matrix is larger than that in PLLA matrix (Fig.2a and b).It was because the PDLA used here has a lower M w than PLLA,the crystallization rate of PDLA is relatively faster[28].For further confirming the nucleating behavior of SCfiber to PLLA substrate,the sample with SCfiber was melted and recrys-tallized for three times(Fig.4).After heating at200 C,all of the crystallization of PLLA matrix melted,including the potential a crystal in SCfiber which was not detected by X-ray.Due to the higher T m compared to PLA homopolymer,SCfiber maintained a tight state after multiple heating.The TCL morphology around SC fiber was same as that shown in Fig.2,and this crystalline state was constant during the thermal treatments.The same experiment was also performed at a high T c.Fig.5a shown the POM image of PLLA crystallized with the inducement of SC,PLLA and PDLAfibers at160 C pared with Fig.3, the spherulite in Fig.5a was much less,and the morphological differences between three TCLs were more pronounced.And,itwasFig.2.POM images of PLLA(a,b)and PDLA(c,d)films crystallized at130 C for15min with SC,PLLA and PDLAfibers which were introduced at175 C.Samples were either cooled to130 C immediately(a,c)or kept for30min before isothermal crystallization(b,d).SCfiber and homogeneousfibers were annealed for60min at200 C and120 C,respectively. The sequences offibers for all the images are as same as indicated in(a).T.Wen et al./Polymer54(2013)1923e19291925observed that the average thickness of the TCL along SC fiber was much smaller than that along the PLA homopolymer fibers.Since the growth rate at given temperature is same for each crystallite,the thickness difference was resulted from the distinct induction period (t i )of the transcrystallization.In Fig.5b,the thickness of TCL is plotted against time.The transcrystallization growth rates and the induction periods can be estimated from the linear fitness of the data.The growth rate is the slope of the fitted line and the t i is evaluated from the extrapolation of the fitted line to a TCL thickness of 0m m.The plots regarded to the TCL around PLLA and PDLA fibers distributed along the same line.That means the t i and crystalliza-tion rate of TCL around PLLA fiber are same as that around PDLA fiber.The plots regarded to the TCL around SC fiber arranged along the line which was parallel to the one belonged to homopolymer fibers.This is because that the crystal growth rate is a constant which only depends on the T c .And the value of t i for the TCL around homopolymer fibers is 132s and for SC fiber is 653s,respectively.The t i of TCL around SC fiber is almost 5times than that around homopolymer fiber.Again,it clearly indicated that,for PLLA or PDLA,the nucleating capability of SC fiber is much lower than that of homopolymer fiber.It ’s noteworthy that the natural gap of nucleating capabilities between homopolymer and SC is indepen-dent of the crystallization temperature.However,the difference of t i between TCL around different fibers is too small to measure when the sample is crystallized at low temperature (large supercooling),e.g.,130 C.3.2.Crystallization of PLLA onto oriented SC filmIn order to illuminate the interaction between SC and a crystal,the crystalline behavior of PLLA thin film crystallized onto oriented SC film was investigated.This method has been widely employed to investigate the interactions and epitaxial relationships of various polymer pairs in the past thirty years [29e 34].The TEM selected area electron diffraction (SAED)pattern of drawn PLLA/PDLA blend film is shown in Fig.6a and demonstrates that the sample con-tained highly oriented SC and no diffraction related to a crystal.Fig.6b shows the ED pattern of PLLA film crystallized on amor-phous carbon film.The symmetrical diffraction spots were ascribed to the typical dendritic lamellae of PLLA [35e 37].Then,PLLA film was recrystallized onto preformed SC film as described in Experimental section .Fig.6c shows that the ED pattern of such double-layer sample was a simple superposition of the patterns which separately regard to the two layers.That means the orga-nization of PLLA crystallization was not affected by the SC PLA substrate.And,the crystalline direction (a axis)of formed a crystal was randomly distributed in the sample,which can be concluded by analyzing abundant images observed.Thus,this result directly indicates that there is no epitaxial relationship between SC and PLLA homopolymer.And,it ’s reasonable to deduce this is also the case for PDLA homopolymer.It was reported that the interchain interaction between the adjacent CH 3groups plays an important role in the formation oftheFig.3.Schematic illumination of the transcrystallization developed onto PLA SC fiber (a)and homopolymer fiber(b).Fig.4.POM image of PLLA film isothermally crystallized at 130 C for 15min with SC fibers (a).SC fiber was induced at 175 C and isothermally crystallized at 130 C for 15min.The same sample in (a)was melted at 200 C for 3min and recrystallized at 130 C for 15min,repeated for three times (b e d).Scale bar:200m m.T.Wen et al./Polymer 54(2013)1923e 19291926distorted 103helix conformation of PLLA chains in the a crystal [38].Meanwhile,in the SC form,the PLLA chain and PDLA chain com-bined via weak H-bond between CH 3and C ]O groups,and the conformation of polymer chains in SC is 31instead of 103in the a form [35,36,39,40].So,the PLLA chain conformations in SC and a form are totally different,which leads to the crystallographic mis-matching,and the PLA homopolymer chain cannot epitaxially de-posit onto the SC substrate.Meanwhile,homoepitaxial crystallization always works between PLLA and its own fiber.So,the corresponding nucleating capability of homopolymer fiber is much stronger than SC fiber.It was concluded by Yan and co-workers that the intensive nucleating drive force of homopolymer fiber on its own matrix is ascribed to homoepitaxy,due to a)perfect lattice matching;b)exactly the same chemical composition;c)better surface wettability [27].Then,it ’s reasonable to conclude that the lower nucleating capability of SC fiber compared to ho-mopolymer fibers is due to the lattice mismatching between SC and a crystal,i.e.,the absence of epitaxial relationship.3.3.Crystallization of PLLA induced by PLA blend fiber containing a crystalFor a final con firmation of our viewpoint,the blend fiber was prepared under thermal conditions that predominantly produced a rather than SC crystals (SC-145in Fig.1),and compared with ho-mopolymer fibers.In Fig.7a,it can observe that the morphologies of TCL around three different fibers were indeed comparable,namely,all the fibers exhibited high nucleating capability.This enhancement in crystallization density along the blend fiber can be explained by the homoepitaxial crystallization of PLLA onto the substrate containing a crystal.Then,the same sample shown in Fig.7a was heated to 200 C where all the a crystals in the fiber andfilm were melted,and recrystallized at 130 C for 15min.As ex-pected,the nucleation density around SC fiber got apparently lower after heating,due to the vanishing of a crystal (Fig.7b).This result clearly indicates that the nucleation ef ficiency of racemic PLA fiber is uniquely determined by its crystal form.The same fiber could exhibit totally different nucleating behavior when the crystallo-graphic state was altered.This result well coincides with our point discussed above.It was found,interestingly,that the PDLA fiber was not totally disappeared,but still induced the crystallization of PLLA shown in Fig.7b.A reasonable explanation is that a layer of SC formed upon recrystallization at the interface of PDLA fiber and PLLA matrix at 200 C,and restrained the diffusion of PDLA chains into PLLA ma-trix.When the sample was carefully examined at 200 C,some tiny crystal could be observed in the position where PDLA fiber was previously located (Fig.7c).Therefore,after the sample was cooled to T c ,PLLA matrix crystallized onto the SC layer which wrapped the melt of PDLA fiber,and the recrystallization of PDLA also took place inside such “shell ”of SC.The present work mainly focused on the surface-induced crys-tallization behavior,which is suitable for investigating interaction between two matters.Our results revealed an important fact that the extremely high nucleating ef ficiency of PDLA addition for PLLA is not resulted from the epitaxial crystallization of PLLA,which was mentioned in Introduction part.In the asymmetric blend of PLLA and PDLA,there are more factors than sur ficial inducement of SC in fluence the final crystallization behavior of blend,e.g.,polymer chain entanglement and diffusion,and the situation is more com-plex.For example,Rahman et al.found that the adding of PDLA leaded to the formation of chain network which might promote the overall crystallization rate [41].This is still an open question and further study is stillneeded.Fig.5.(a)POM image of PLLA film crystallized at 160 C for 60min with SC,PLLA and PDLA fibers which were introduced at 175 C.Inset is the enlarged image in the box.(b)Thickness of the TCL as a function of the crystallization time at 160C.Fig.6.Electron diffraction (ED)patterns of oriented PLLA/PDLA blend film annealed at 200 C for 200min (a),solution-casted PLLA film crystallization on carbon film cooling from melt with a rate of 2 C/min (b),and double-layered sample of PLLA crystallized onto annealed PLLA/PDLA film (c).The drawn directions of blend films in (a)and (c)are vertical.T.Wen et al./Polymer 54(2013)1923e 192919274.ConclusionsThe present work focused on the crystallization behavior of PLLA with the surface inducement of fibers.The essential evidence was obtained via TEM selected area electron diffraction (SAED)which revealed that there is no epitaxial relationship between stereocomplex and a crystal of PLA,because the crystallographic mismatching of 103helix of a crystal and 31helix of SC.And the POM observation on transcrystallization of PLLA or PDLA induced by SC and PLA homopolymer fibers also exhibited obvious morphologic evidence.It was found that the nucleation density of PLLA or PDLA along the SC fiber was much lower than that along the homopolymer fibers,which was resulted from the absence of epitaxy.When the sample was crystallized at a higher crystalliza-tion temperature,the morphologic difference became more pro-nounced.For PLLA sample crystallized at 160 C,the induction period (t i )of the TCL along the SC fiber was 5times than that along homopolymer fibers.That means the nucleation energy barrier onto SC is much larger than that onto a crystal where the homo-epitaxial interaction always exists.Finally,we prepared the PLLA/PDLA blend fiber mainly contained a crystal,and found that it provides extremely high nucleating capability as well as homo-polymer fibers.And such high nucleating capability signi ficantly degenerated after a crystal was melted.Our results corroborated and interpreted the observations on the drawn sample of PLLA/PDLA blends reported by Zhang and coworkers.The results of present work also indicated that the high nucleating ef ficiency of PDLA to PLLA can ’t be simply ascribed to the epitaxial crystalliza-tion of PLLA onto stereocomplex.AcknowledgmentsDujin Wang acknowledges the 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PLLA-PDLA共混熔体的流变性能徐婷婷;孙志慧;杨革生;邵惠丽;胡学超【摘要】将两种不同构型的聚L-乳酸(PLLA)与聚D-乳酸(PDLA)共混、熔融、挤出、压制成圆形薄片,利用高级旋转流变仪测试其流变性能.结果表明,聚乳酸共混熔体(PLLA-PDLA)属于典型的切力变稀非牛顿流体,其黏流活化能较大,表观黏度对温度变化敏感度高;随温度的升高共混熔体PLLA-PDLA的结构黏度指数减小,非牛顿指数增加.成核剂(TMP)的加入,使共混熔体PLLA-PDLA的非牛顿指数n减小、结构黏度指数△η增大、可纺性下降,当m(TMP)/m(PLLA-PDLA)=0.5%时共混熔体PLLA-PDLA的可纺性相对较好.【期刊名称】《功能高分子学报》【年(卷),期】2013(026)004【总页数】6页(P370-375)【关键词】聚乳酸;共混熔体;成核剂;流变性能;可纺性【作者】徐婷婷;孙志慧;杨革生;邵惠丽;胡学超【作者单位】东华大学材料科学与工程学院,上海201620;东华大学材料科学与工程学院,上海201620;东华大学材料科学与工程学院,上海201620;东华大学纤维材料改性国家重点实验室,上海201620;东华大学材料科学与工程学院,上海201620;东华大学纤维材料改性国家重点实验室,上海201620;东华大学材料科学与工程学院,上海201620;东华大学纤维材料改性国家重点实验室,上海201620【正文语种】中文【中图分类】TQ322.4高聚物熔体的流动不仅会产生不可逆的黏性形变,还会产生可逆的弹性形变,它的流变行为除了与聚合物本身的结构、分子量与分布紧密相关外,还受到温度、压力、时间、作用力等外界条件的影响[1]。
聚乳酸熔融纺丝成型加工是在聚乳酸熔体的流动状态下进行的,因此研究其熔体的流变规律对选择加工成型工艺具有重要的指导意义。
尽管许多研究者已通过将聚L-乳酸(PLLA)与聚D-乳酸(PDLA)共混熔融纺丝来提高聚乳酸纤维的熔点[2-5],以改善聚乳酸纤维织物的染色以及熨烫性能,但有关该体系流变性能的研究至今鲜见报道。
Thermal and Mechanical Properties ofPolymers热力学和机械性能是聚合物材料的两大重要性能指标,它们直接影响着聚合物材料的使用范围以及应用效果。
本文将着重介绍聚合物材料的热力学和机械性能,并探讨其产生的原因和应用方向。
一、热力学性能热力学性能指的是聚合物材料在不同温度下的热膨胀系数、热传导率、热稳定性等指标。
其中热膨胀系数是指聚合物材料在温度变化下的尺寸变化率,该指标对于聚合物材料的加工工艺、尺寸控制以及热稳定性等具有重要作用。
热传导率是指聚合物材料的热传递能力,该指标主要与聚合物材料的结晶度、分子结构以及填料含量等因素相关。
热稳定性是指聚合物材料在高温、氧化或紫外辐射等条件下的稳定性,该指标对于聚合物材料的长期应用以及高温环境下的使用具有重要作用。
热力学性能的差异主要来源于聚合物材料的分子结构、结晶度、分子量、共聚物组成等因素的差异,不同的聚合物材料之间可能存在很大差异。
例如,聚丙烯具有较小的热膨胀系数、较高的热稳定性和较低的热传导率,而聚苯乙烯则具有较大的热膨胀系数和较低的热稳定性。
这些性能差异对于聚合物材料的应用具有重要的影响。
例如,在高温环境下,需要选择具有较高热稳定性的聚合物材料,以确保其稳定性和寿命。
而在冷却过程中,需要选择具有较小热膨胀系数的聚合物材料,以避免尺寸变化过大而导致制品失效。
二、机械性能机械性能指的是聚合物材料的组织、形态和取向对于其在载荷作用下的应变与应力关系的影响程度。
机械性能是材料的本质属性,对于聚合物材料的应用领域和产品表现具有重要影响。
常见的机械性能指标包括弹性模量、抗拉强度、断裂伸长率、冲击强度等。
聚合物材料的机械性能与分子结构、晶体结构、成分、加工工艺、温度、湿度等因素密切相关。
例如,在聚合物材料的成分方面,聚乙烯和聚丙烯等具有相对较高的韧性和可加工性,而聚碳酸酯和聚酰亚胺等则具有相对较高的强度和硬度。
不同的聚合物材料之间存在较大的差异,因此需要在选择材料时根据具体的使用场景和应用需求来进行选择。
ORIGINAL PAPERCrystal and Thermal Properties of PLLA/PDLA Blends Synthesized by Direct Melt PolycondensationDakai Chen •Jing Li •Jie RenPublished online:29May 2011ÓSpringer Science+Business Media,LLC 2011Abstract We herein report the effects of the component ratio and method of blending on the synthesis of stereo-complex poly(lactic acid)(SC-PLA)based on poly(L -lactic acid)(PLLA)and poly(D -lactic acid)(PDLA)prepolymers.PLLA and PDLA were prepared by direct melt polycon-densation of lactic acid (DMP).Combined with the dual catalyst system,PLA prepolymers with M w more than 20,000were prepared by DMP.PLLA was mixed by powder blending or melt blended with PDLA.It is revealed that melt-point and spherulite growth rate of SC-PLA is strongly dependent on the perfection of SC structure.The melt point of PLA can be increased by nearly 50°C because of the particular strong intermolecular interaction between PLLA and PDLA chains.Solid-state polycon-densation (SSP)is an efficient method to increase the molecular weight of SC-PLA,but it can have a negative effect on the regularity of linear chains of SC-PLA.Thermogravimetry analyzer (TGA)results show that SC structure cannot cause the delay reaction on the thermal degradation of PLA.Keywords SC-PLA ÁSpherulite growth rate ÁThermal degradationIntroductionThe heat distortion temperature (HDT)of common PLA products prepared by injection molding is only about 58°C,and this low heat-resistance of PLA has consider-ably limited the application area of PLA products.For example,as packaging products,it is not suitable for heat resistant containers.Such as hot lunch box,soup bowl,cup and other food utensils,it cannot be used as microwave containers.Even when used for non-heat-resistant pipe,building material,board,stationery,box and other mate-rials,it may deform when stored and transported in the summertime.To sum up,common PLA is not suitably be used as engineering plastics for household,electrical and electronic components and automotive products,etc.Thus,the modification of the heat resistance of PLA is very important to broaden the application area of PLA products.Although PLA is a crystalline polymer,there is almost no crystallization during molding.The slow crystallization rate causes the low heat-resistance of PLA.There are some factors that affect the crystallization rate of PLA,including the structure of PLA,molding condition and content of nucleating agent [1,2].Structural factors include molecular symmetry,molecular chain flexibility,molecular weight and the structure of branched-chain.Molding conditions include the cooling rate,the stretch ratio [3–7].For now,the general methods to improve the heat resistance of PLA are blending technology [8–10],cross-linking technology [11–13]and nanocomposite technology [14–16].When the interaction of polymer chains with different tacticity prevails over that of the polymers with same tacticity,it can cause a stereoselective interaction in polymer chains.The most typical stereocomplex structure is formed between stereoisomers of poly(Methyl Methac-rylate)(PMMA)[17].There are many optically activeD.Chen ÁJ.Li ÁJ.Ren (&)Institute of Nano-and Bio-Polymeric Materials,School of Material Science and Engineering,Tongji University,200092Shanghai,Chinae-mail:renjie6598@J.RenKey Laboratory of Advanced Civil Engineering Materials,Ministry of Education,Tongji University,200092Shanghai,ChinaJ Polym Environ (2011)19:574–581DOI 10.1007/s10924-011-0301-9polymers can form the stereocomplex structure,such as stereoisomers of poly(alpha-methyl-alpha-ethyl-beta-pro-piolactone),poly(c-benzyl glutamate),poly(c-methyl glu-tamate),poly(tert-butylene oxide),poly(tert-butylthiirane), poly(1-methylbenzyl methacrylate),poly(menthyl methac-rylate)and poly(a-methyl-a-ethyl-b-propiolactone)[18]. Ikada et al.first reported the formation of stereocomplex of PLLA and PDLA in1987[19].For the special space structure of PLLA and PDLA,the levorotatory molecular chain and dextrorotary molecular chain will form the supplementary structure in the arrangement process and form the much tighter space structure.This tighter stack structure can cause the intermolecular van der Waals force play greater role in some properties such as thermal property,crystal property and mechanical property.Ouchi et e the branched PLA to synthesize the stereocom-plex poly(lactic acid)and the result show the branched stereocomplex poly(lactic acid)has the higher melting point,tensile strength and young modulus[20].All of them have been added in text according to the reviewer’s com-ment.Japanese scientists have done a lot of work in the research of the SC structure.Tsuji et al.wrote a series of papers about the preparation process and formation mechanism of SC structure[21,22].Fukushima et al.also did a series of researches in SC structure,and found some new preparation methods of SC structure[23,24].In this study,SC-PLA are prepared by powder-blending or melt-blending based on PLLA and PDLA synthesized by DMP and the mixing ratio of prepolymers,regularity of linear PLA chains and thermal properties of SC-PLA are discussed.ExperimentalMaterialsL-lactic acid(88%L-lactic acid in water,99%optically pure)was supplied by PURAC,Holland.D-lactic acid(90% L-lactic acid in water,98%optically pure)was supplied by Suzhou Chi-Yun Co.,Ltd.,China.Stannous dichloride dihydrate(SnCl2Á2H2O),p-toluenesulfonic acid monohy-drate(TSA)and chloroform(99%)were obtained from Shanghai Guoyao Co.,Ltd.,China.1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluo-roisopropanol(HFIP)was received from Shanghai Da-Rui Chemical Co.,Ltd.,China.All chemicals were used without further purification.Synthesis of PrepolymersLactic acid was purified by heating at90and100°C for dehydration for1h under mechanical stirring,respectively. Then the water present in the system was removed with the inner pressure reduced slowly to30Torr over2h.After the inner pressure had reached30Torr,the heating and dehydration were continued for2h at120°C and contin-ued for further4h at140°C to obtain a transparent viscous melt of oligo(L-lactic acid)(OLLA)or oligo(D-lactic acid) (ODLA).Subsequently,the purified products were mixed with the binary catalysts SnCl2Á2H2O(0.4wt%)and TSA, and the number of moles of TSA was equal to that of SnCl2Á2H2O.Each mixture was then heated from140to 165°C at the rate of10°C/h,then stirred under a reduced pressure of10Torr for8h to carry out DMP.Theflask was purged with nitrogen.The rotation speed was approximately100rpm.The PLLA and PDLA obtained by this DMP had a medium molecular weight.The binary catalysts could effectively catalyze the DMP by preventing the discoloration of the polymer.Synthesis of Stereoblock Poly(lactic acid)(sb-PLA)and SC-PLAPLLA and PDLA prepared above were mixed in a prede-termined weight ratio,charged in a two-neckedflask,and heated to180°C under the protection of nitrogen.When the prepolymers melted completely,PLLA and PDLA were fully mixed by mechanical agitation with the blending time of1h.After cooling,the product of blending wasfinally pulverized with an electric mill,and dried in vacuum at room temperature for2h.The pulverized melt-blend was subsequently charged into a test tube and subjected to SSP with the predetermined conditions.The heating tempera-ture was raised by10°C increments from140to160°C every10h at0.5Torr.The produced polymer was ana-lyzed without purification.CharacterizationThe average molecular weight and molecular weight dis-tribution were determined using gel permeation chroma-tography(GPC;Waters150C USA).Polymer was dissolved in CDCl3containing5vol%HFIP at a concen-tration of1*2g/L.The molecular weight was calculated from the elution volume of PMMA standards with narrow molecular weight distribution.Differential scanning calo-rimetry(DSC)was performed with a TA Q100thermal analyzer under a nitrogenflow of20mL/min at a heating rate of20°C/min.Wide angle X-ray diffraction(WAXS) powder patterns were recorded on a Rigaku D/max using nickel-filtered Cu K a radiation with a wavelength of 0.1542nm in a2h range of5*40°at a scan rate of2°/min operated at40kV and130mA.1H-NMR and13C-NMR spectra were recorded using a Bruker500MHz high-resolution spectrophotometer(In CDCl3containing5% HFIP and0.03%tetramethylsilane).A polarized opticalmicroscope(LEICA DMLP)equipped with a Linkam THMS600hot stage was used to investigate the spherulitic morphology and growth of PLLA and PDLAfilms and PLLA/PDLAfilm.The samples werefirst heated to200 and250°C for PLLA,PDLAfilms and PLLA/PDLAfilm, respectively,at100°C/min,and held at these tempera-tures for3min to destroy thermal history,then cooled at 100°C/min to an arbitrary crystallization temperature(T c) in the range of100*200°C,and then held at the T c. Annealing lasts for given time periods.TGA was per-formed on a Q100thermogravimetric analyzer(Tainstsh, USA)at a heating rate of20°C/min,and examined under flowing air(80mL/min)over a temperature range from ambient to700°C.Results and DiscussionMelting Point,Molecular Weight and Crystalline Structure of SC-PLAFor PLLA prepolymer(M1)and PDLA prepolymer(M2), Fig.1shows that there are clear melting endothermic peaks in the vicinity of160°C in the heating process of scanning calorimetry.There are different degrees of increase in the melt-point of the blending of M1and M2is different after they were blended with different methods.The PLLA powder and PDLA powder is blended under the melting point of PLLA and PDLA prepolymers,which is called powder-blending.The PLLA powder and PDLA powder is blended above the melting point of PLLA and PDLA prepolymers,which is called melt-blending.The melting endothermic peak of powder-blending of M1/M2=50:50 (P1)is in the vicinity of175°C,which is only15°C higher than that of M1and M2.This phenomenon indicates that there are only a small amount of P1forms the SC structure.Apparently,simple powder blending cannot make the PLLA and PDLA chains mixed fully.The molecular chains of M1and M2should be coupled together to form a more perfect SC structure.In molten state of melt-blended of M1/M2=50:50(P2),molecular chains of M1and M2get the maximum freedom of movement, therefore they can be mixed fully together to form a more perfect SC pared to the products of powder blending,melt blending is a more effective method to the preparation of SC-PLA and the heat resistance of PLA can be improved effectively.For the melt-blending products of M1/M2=90:10(B1),there are three melting endothermic peaks in the heating thermal scan curve.The peaks in the vicinity of160and170°C may be attributed to the for-mation of crystals of PLLA and PDLA,respectively. Because of the uneven distribution of molecular weight of samples,the molecular chains infirst melting area can promote the movement of molecular chains in other areas and enhanced the formation of another crystalline region resulting in the emergence of the second melting peak.The melting peak of SC-PLA is still in the vicinity of210°C. But the melting enthalpy of SC-PLA is much lower than that of PLA homopolymer,indicating only a small amount of PLA forms the SC structure.For the melt-blending products of M1/M2=75:25(B2),there are two different crystalline areas observed.The two melting endothermic peak in the vicinity of160and210°C are the melting peak of PLA homopolymer and SC-PLA,respectively.The melting enthalpy at210°C is much greater than that at 160°C,showing that the SC structure proportion of B2is larger and contains more perfect stereocomplex crystals. The sample B3is melt-blending products of PLLA and PDLA prepolymers with the ratio of50/50.When the content of PDLA approaches to50%,for the melt-blending products of M1/M2=50:50(B3),there is only one clear melting endothermic peak in the vicinity of210°C,indi-cating that the structure of B3is mainly SC structure.The sample P2is products of B3after the reaction of solid-state polycondensation.For the SSP products of B3,the melting point is aslo increased by nearly50°C.DSC results show that when the proportion of PDLA(XD)=0.5,a more perfect SC structure can be achieved.When the XD decreases continuously,the homopolymer crystal zone will appear,and the proportion of SC structure begins to reduce. When the XD approaches0,only a small amount of SC structure is formed and homopolymer crystallization dominates.The detailed results of DSC and GPC are pre-sented in Table1.Figure2shows that the characteristic diffraction peaks of M1and M2are in the2h=15°,16°,18.5°and22.5°, and all of them are attributed to the crystals of PLLA and PDLA homopolymer.In SC structure,the van derWaals Fig.1DSC curves of M1,M2,B1,B2,B3,P1and P2force causes a special energy interactions that leads to theformation of the accumulation of b crystals,which result in the high melting point SC-PLA.The crystals of SC-PLA is b crystalline form,and the characteristic peaks are in the 2h =12°,21°and 24°.The DSC results show that the structure of B3and P2is mainly SC structure,which is entirely consistent with the XRD results.The diffraction peaks of P1is still the characteristic peak of a crystalline,indicating powder blending is not a favorable method to the forming of SC structure.Regularity of Linear PLA ChainsFor analyzing the sequential structure of the SSP products of blending products,the 1H-NMR of M1,M2,B1,B2,B3,P1and P2were measured.The NMR spectra of the CH 3and CH groups of these PLA molecules are shown in Fig.3a and b.Somewhat broader peaks appear on theresonance lines of B3in Fig.3a and B3in Fig.3b with the increase of the proportion of PDLA,indicating that movement of PLA chains are confined in local area.As shown in Fig.4,these two broad peaks may be attributed to chains connecting vertical-linked regions for the perfect stereocomplex PLLA/PDLA mixtures.This double-strand vertical-linked structure causes the melting peaks at the vicinity of 210°C in the heating thermal scan curve.However,the not obvious broad peaks of curve B1and curve B2in Fig.3a and b may be attributed to chains connecting cross-linked regions that are probably com-posed of stereocomplex microcrystallite.These stereo-complex microcrystallite cause the melting peaks in the vicinity of 160and 170°C in the heating thermal scan curve [25,26].As seen from curve B1and curve B2in Fig.3a and b,it appears that the chains in the stereocom-plex microcrystallite show no obvious NMR spectrum because of their entirely frozen mobility.The growth rate of stereocomplex microcrystallite functioning as cross-links is extremely low.Sharp lines identical with those of the homopolymers M1and M2,are observed even when the proportion of PDLA is up to 25%,suggesting the existence of freely movable PLA chains around the ste-reocomplex area.As shown on curves B1and B2in Fig.3a and b,the spectra of the homopolymer solution remain unchanged.Curve P1and P2in Fig.3a and b are the 1H NMR spectra of expanded regions of the methyl and methine proton signals.The spectra of powder-blending of SSP products P1(M w =50kDa)has sharp lines identical with those of the homopolymers M1and M2without stereo defects [27,28].This method cannot make the PLLA chains and PDLA chains fitted together.To a certain extent,the PDLA plays the role of nucleating agent to perfect the stereocomplex microcrystallite just as shown in curve P1in Fig.1.The peak of P2in Fig.3a and b are not as broad as that of B3.In SSP,the chain elongation withoutTable 1Typical results of the DMP,powder-blending,melt-blending,SSP and the summary of the thermodynamic data of the blends;the heat of fusion (D H m )of hc crystals becomes smaller in the blends with higher proportional PDLA Code PLLA %PDLA %Polymer recovery M w a M w /M n a T m b °C D H m b J/g M110008320,000 1.4156c 50c M201009121,000 1.3158c50c B190109527,000 1.5160,170c /210d 43c /15d B275259131,000 1.5160c /212d 5c /59d B350509139,966 1.5210c 60c P150509850,647 1.9172c 79d P2505089135,1862.2208d70da Determined by GPC relative toPMMA standardsb Measured by DCS (heating rate;20°C/min)c For hc crystals dFor sccrystalsFig.2WAXS profiles for M1,M2,B1,B2,B3,P1and P2crystalization can affect the perfect stereocomplex structure indicating that the SSP products P2comprise both block chains of PLLA and PDLA just as presented in Fig.4.The 13C-NMR spectra of the methine and carbonyl region of M1,M2,B1,B2,B3,P1and P2are shown in Fig.3c and d.The signal assignment of the theoretical stereosequence distributions has been done in earlier reports [29–31].In the methine region the resonance lines due to signal A (iii,iis,sii and sis tetrads)are found at69.1ppm and that due to signal B (isi tetrads)are found at 69.2ppm.The resonance lines of signal C (iss/ssi tetrads)which could also be formed by the transesterification are observed at 69.4ppm when the transesterification occurs during polymerization.In the spectra of the methine region new lines are observed as a combination of tetrads con-taining an ss segment.As shown in Fig.3c,signals B and C are present in curves B3and P2,as compared to those observed in curve M1,M2,B1,B2and P1.Signals D at 169.54ppm is assigned to the isotactic (i,mm)sequence of the carbonyl carbon atom of successive LLA units.Signal E in the region between 169.31and 169.39ppm are ten-tatively assigned to the heterotactic (h,rm)sequence.The signal F at 169.20ppm is assigned to the syndiotactic (s,rr)sequence that is not observed for PLLA and PDLA homopolymers,while it is clearly observed for racemic PLA.Therefore,the appearance of the large peak D and the small peaks E and F and the absence of consecutive r units (e.g.,rr,rrr,…)are indicative of the blocky nature of the polycondensation products.As shown in Fig.3d,signal E and F are presented in curve B3and P2as compared to those observed in curve M1,M2,B1,B2and P1.However,in the methine region of the NMR spectra in Fig.3c an increase in intensities of signal B and C is seen as com-pared to those observed in polylactide acid.Similarly,inFig.3NMR spectra of M1,M2,B1,B2,B3,P1and P2:a Expanded methyl proton signals from the 1H-NMR spectra,b Expanded methine proton signals from the 1H-NMR spectra,c Expanded methine resonances from the 13C-NMR spectra andd Expanded carbonyl signals from the 13C-NMRspectraFig.4Synthesis of sb-PLA by melt/solid-state polycondensationthe carbonyl carbon region of the NMR spectra in Fig.3d an increase in intensity of signal E and F is also observed.There are small changes in the signal B,C,E and F between the melt-blends and the final SSP products.These small changes in the enantiomeric phenomenon suggest that little unit racemization has taken place during the melt-blending and SSP.The intramolecular ester exchange reaction and its reverse reaction will affect the PLA molecular sequence in the SSP process.The racemization reactions are most likely due to a dynamic equilibrium of ester interchange reactions occurring between the polymer chains.There are two ways in the ester interchange reactions.One is acyl-oxygen cleavage,which does not involve the chiral carbon.The other is alkyl-oxygen cleavage,in which the covalent bond between oxygen and the chiral carbon breaks and subse-quently reforms;this results in an inversion of the config-uration.The NMR results indicate that as the XD increases,the probability of alkyl-oxygen cleavage increases,and which results in the formation of the inverted configuration.And the melt-blending promotes greater inversion than SSP.In the process of melt-blending,the D -lactic acid units seems to be incorporated into the backbone in a purely random manner,whereas in the SSP,the LLA and DLA are embedded into the polymer chain as small blocks and separated from each other as shown in Fig.4.Fig.5The polarized optical micrographs of the isothermal crystallization of PLLA (a –c )at a crystallization temperature of 120°C,PDLA (d –f )at a crystallization temperature of 120°C,sb-PLA (g –i )at a crystallization temperature of 120°C,sb-PLA (j –l )at a crystallization temperature of 160°C and sb-PLA (m –o )at a crystallization temperature of 180°CSpherulite Morphology and GrowthThe crystalline morphology and the spherulitic growth process of M1,M2and P2were investigated by POM.The isothermal crystallization temperature of M1and M2is 120°C and the isothermal crystallization temperatures of P2are 120,160and 180°C.The T c of 180°C is higher than the T m values of PLLA and PDLA (158and 162°C,respectively).As shown in Fig.5,the size of the spherulite of P2is much smaller than that of M1and M2,indicating that the high density and rapid growth of crystals disturb the normal growth of the radius of spherulitie.The average spherulitic radius is then plotted against the isothermal crystallization time as shown in Fig.6.The spherulitic radius linearly increases with the isothermal crystallization time,and the spherulitic growth rate (G)can be evaluated from the slope of theses lines.These results indicate that both the G and the spherulitic morphology are affected by the SC structure of sb-PLA.Thermal Properties of sb-PLA and SC-PLAPLA is one material that is very sensitive to high temper-ature.There is obvious thermal degradation when the temperature is over 200°C.The thermal degradation of PLLA is a very complex process,involving intermolecular and intramolecular transesterification,racemization and the reaction between free radicals and non-radicals derived from the fracture of the molecular chains.Thermal degra-dation is generally dependent on the residual metal oxides,molecular weight of polymer,final structure of polymer chains and thermal degradation conditions.The thermal degradation process of PLLA,PDLA and sb-PLA were analyzed by TGA at the heating rate of 20°C/min withresults shown in Fig.7.From Fig.7,it can be seen that the thermal degradation of PLLA,PDLA and sb-PLA is started in a relatively narrow temperature range (200*280°C)with weight loss.The difference of quality loss temperature of PLLA,PDLA and sb-PLA is not obvious and their quality loss temperature range is basically same.This is mainly because the content of metal Sn and lactide residues of polymers are basically the same,resulting in the similar thermal degradation mechanism.The thermal degradation of sb-PLA cannot be improved by SC structure.The ther-mal degradation behavior of sb-PLA is the process that the rupture of chemical bond of main chain and forming molecular fractionlet and it is mainly caused by the inter-molecular and intramolecular transesterification and the depolymerizing reaction affected by metal Sn.ConclusionIn this article,a stereocomplexed PLA is created by simply melt mixing of PLLA with PDLA.The generation of SC structure of the sb-PLA and SC-PLA improves the melting point,spherulite growth rate and shorter induction period as compared to PLLA and PDLA homopolymers.The SC structure has little effect on the thermal degradation of sb-PLA.The investigation indicates that the chain elon-gation reaction produced by SSP can reduce the regular unit sequence of SC-PLA.Acknowledgments This work is supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No.2006AA02Z248),the Program of Shanghai Subject 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