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Novel Tough Crystalline Blends of Polylactide with Ethylene Glycol Derivative of POSS

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Blending of polylactide (PLA) with low stereoregularity and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane grafted with arms of poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether, acting as a plasticizer, allowed us previously to obtain a novel stable elastomeric-like material. The present contribution focuses on the properties of semi-crystalline PLA plasticized with this compound. Melt blends of PLA with 5–15 wt% of the plasticizer, were compression molded, quenched and annealed, which enabled cold-crystallization. The glass transition temperature of the blends and their drawability depended on their crystallinity and plasticizer content. The best ductility was reached at the plasticizer content of 15 wt%; the achieved strain at break was 6.5 (650%) and 1.3 (130%), for the quenched and annealed material, respectively. The latter value exceeded 20 times the strain at break of neat crystalline PLA. The tensile toughness of the annealed 15 wt% blend was 12 times larger than that of crystalline PLA. Moreover, annealing of 15 wt% blend improved its yield strength by 40%. Despite the two peaks of the loss modulus, indicating the two glass transitions in this blend, no heterogeneities were found by scanning electron microscopy, indicating that the plasticizer enriched phase formed instead of distinct inclusions of the plasticizer.

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This research project has been supported by the European Union European Regional Development Fund, Contract No. POIG.01.01.02-10-123/09.

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  1. Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363, Lodz, Poland

    Anna Zubrowska, Ewa Piorkowska & Joanna Bojda

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Zubrowska, A., Piorkowska, E. & Bojda, J. Novel Tough Crystalline Blends of Polylactide with Ethylene Glycol Derivative of POSS. J Polym Environ 26, 145–151 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0920-2

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