High impact poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene octene) blends prepared by reactive blending |
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| Authors: | Yulin Feng Yuexin Hu Jinghua Yin Guiyan Zhao Wei Jiang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China;2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Poly(ethylene octene) grafted with glycidyl methacrylate (POE‐g‐GMA) was prepared and used to toughen poly (lactic acid) (PLA) via reactive blending. It was found that the notched Izod impact strength of PLA/POE‐g‐GMA blends improved dramatically when the content of elastomer was higher than 10 wt%. Reactive compatibilization between PLA and POE‐g‐GMA were studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and “Molau test,” the results showed the end carboxyl groups of PLA reacted with the epoxide groups of POE‐g‐GMA during blending. This considerably improved the compatibilization, leading to better wetting of the dispersed phase by the PLA matrix and finer dispersed POE‐g‐GMA particles with narrow distribution. Moreover, the critical interparticle distance (Lc) of the dispersed domains for PLA/POE‐g‐GMA blends system at room temperature was also identified. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 2013. © 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers |
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