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Thermal and mechanical properties of polylactide toughened with a butyl acrylate-ethyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer

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In this work, a specific polylactide (PLA) 4032D was melt-mixed with a new toughener: butyl acrylate (BA), ethyl acrylate (EA) and glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) copolymer (BA-EA-GMA). DMA tests showed that PLA/BA-EA-GMA blends were partially miscible. The degree of crystallinity of PLA increased while the cold crystallization temperature shifted to higher temperatures with increasing BA-EA-GMA content. The SEM micrographs showed that PLA/BA-EA-GMA blends had a good dispersion and this phenomenon was in good agreement with their higher impact strength. The result showed that the adding of BA-EA-GMA has enhanced the flexibility of PLA/BA-EA-GMA blends as compared with pure PLA. The impact strength was changed from 3.4 kJ/m2 for pure PLA to 29.6 kJ/m2 for 80/20 PLA/BA-EA-GMA blend.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, 130022, China

    Yan-ping Hao, Huan-huan Ge, Li-jing Han, Hui-liang Zhang  (张会良) & Li-song Dong

  2. Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, 130012, China

    Yan-ping Hao, Huan-huan Ge & Shu-lin Sun

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This work was financially supported by the Science & Technology Bureau of Jilin Province of China (No. 20126023).

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Hao, Yp., Ge, Hh., Han, Lj. et al. Thermal and mechanical properties of polylactide toughened with a butyl acrylate-ethyl acrylate-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer. Chin J Polym Sci 31, 1519–1527 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-013-1350-4

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