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High Toughness and Fast Crystallization Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polyamide 11/SiO2 Composites

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A poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/polyamide 11 (PA11)/SiO2 composite was mixed from PLA, PA11, and nanosilica particles through twin-screw extrusion. The PLA/PA11/SiO2 composite was evaluated with tensile and Izod impact tests, light transmission and haze measurement, and isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization behavior determinations. The PLA/PA11/SiO2 (97.0/3.0) composite had approximately 10.8% less ultimate tensile strength than neat PLA, but it had greater ductility and approximately ninefold greater elongation at break. A dimple morphology was observed on the fractural surface of the PLA/PA11/SiO2 composite, indicating that the incorporation of PA11 and nanosilica particles increased the ductility of the PLA matrix. PLA with less than 3 wt% of PA11 and 0.5 phr of nanosilica particles had an Izod impact strength of 8.72 kJ/m2. PA11 and nanosilica particles effectively toughened this PLA polymer; they accelerated both isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization rates and increased the crystallinities of the resulting composites under isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization processes.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship from Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC, under the project no. MOST 105-2221-E-168-028.

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  1. Materials and Chemical Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC

    Jyh-Horng Wu

  2. Department of Materials Engineering, Kun Shan University, No. 195, Kunda Rd., Yong-Kang Dist., Tainan, 710-03, Taiwan, ROC

    Chien-Wen Chen, M. C. Kuo, Ming-Shien Yen & Kung-Yu Lee

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Wu, JH., Chen, CW., Kuo, M.C. et al. High Toughness and Fast Crystallization Poly(Lactic Acid)/Polyamide 11/SiO2 Composites. J Polym Environ 26, 626–635 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-017-0977-6

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