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Effect of Star-shaped Chain Architectures on the Polylactide Stereocomplex Crystallization Behaviors

Linear and star-shaped polylactides(PLA) with similar molecular weights of each arm are synthesized via ringopening polymerization of LA with 3-butyn-1-ol and pentaerythritol as initiators,respectively.By solution blending of equivalent mass of poly(L-lactic acid)s(PLLAs) and poly(D-lactic acid)s(PD...

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Published in:Chinese journal of polymer science 2017-08, Vol.35 (8), p.974-991
Main Authors: Zhou, Ke-yu, Li, Jian-bo, Wang, Han-xuan, Ren, Jie
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Language:English
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Summary:Linear and star-shaped polylactides(PLA) with similar molecular weights of each arm are synthesized via ringopening polymerization of LA with 3-butyn-1-ol and pentaerythritol as initiators,respectively.By solution blending of equivalent mass of poly(L-lactic acid)s(PLLAs) and poly(D-lactic acid)s(PDLAs),perfect PLA stereocomplexes(sc PLAs) are prepared and confirmed by WAXD and FTIR analysis.Effect of chain architectures on stereocomplex crystallization is investigated by studying the non-isothermal and isothermal crystallization of linear and star-shaped polylactide stereocomplexes.In dynamic DSC and POM test,star-shaped PLLA(4s PLLA)/PDLA and PLLA/star-shaped PDLA(4s PDLA) stereocomplexes reach rapid crystallization and higher crystallinity due to larger spherulite density of star-shaped chain and excellent chain mobility of linear chain.In isothermal crystallization test,much faster crystallization and less crystallization half-time is obtained with the increase of star-shaped chain.Meanwhile,4s PLLA/PDLA and PLLA/4s PDLA are found to have the highest crystallinity,suggesting limitation of too much star-shaped chain for 4s PLLA/4s PDLA and restriction of linear chain in nucleation capacity for PLLA/PDLA.The results reveal that star-shaped chain has an important influence on the crystallization of sc PLAs.
ISSN:0256-7679
1439-6203
DOI:10.1007/s10118-017-1935-4