Journal of Polymers and the Environment

, Volume 21, Issue 4, pp 1016–1025 | Cite as

Hydrolytic Degradation of PPDO/PDLLA Blends Containing the Compatibilizer PLADO

  • Yang Bai
  • Pingya Luo
  • Pingquan Wang
  • Wei Bai
  • Chengdong Xiong
  • Congming Tang
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Abstract

The poly(para-dioxanone) (PPDO)/poly poly (dl-lactide) (PDLLA) blends containing various contents of compatibilizer (0, 1, 3, 5, 10 %) were prepared by solution co-precipitation, which were dissolved in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) to form 10 % wt/vol solutions. Then in vitro hydrolytic degradation of PPDO/PDLLA blends containing poly (dl-lactide-co-para-dioxanone) (PLADO) as the compatibilizer was studied by the changes of weight loss, water absorption, thermal properties, surface morphology and mechanical properties of samples in phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.44) at 37 °C for 8 weeks. During the degradation, the weight loss and water absorption increased significantly for all blends, whereas hydrolysis rate of blends varied with the blend composition. The samples’ glass transition temperature decreased notably, while the degrees of crystallinity increased. Compared with uncompatibilized PPDO/PDLLA blends, PPDO/PDLLA blends with compatibilizer exhibited higher hydrolysis rate. The results suggested that the compatibilizer (PLADO) accelerated the hydrolysis rate of PPDO/PDLLA blends during the degradation.

Keywords

Biomaterials Compatibilizer PPDO/PDLLA Blends In vitro hydrolytic degradation 
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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51103156), Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University (CSPC2012-7), and the West Light Foundation of The Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yang Bai
    • 1
  • Pingya Luo
    • 1
  • Pingquan Wang
    • 1
  • Wei Bai
    • 1
    • 2
    • 3
  • Chengdong Xiong
    • 2
  • Congming Tang
    • 3
  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and ExploitationSouthwest Petroleum UniversityChengduPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Chengdu Institute of Organic ChemistryChinese Academy of SciencesChengduPeople’s Republic of China
  3. 3.Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringChina West Normal UniversityNanchongPeople’s Republic of China

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