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ArticlePolymers2017

Reprocessing of PLA/Graphene Nanoplatelets Nanocomposites.

Luigi Botta, Roberto Scaffaro, Fiorenza Sutera, Maria Chiara Mistretta

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Article in Polymers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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4 authors.

Luigi BottaDepartment of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, RU INSTM of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy. luigi.botta@unipa.it.ORCID 0000-0002-5479-2803
Roberto ScaffaroDepartment of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, RU INSTM of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy. roberto.scaffaro@unipa.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4830-0374
Fiorenza SuteraDepartment of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, RU INSTM of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy. fiorenza.sutera@unipa.it.
Maria Chiara MistrettaDepartment of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace and Materials Engineering, University of Palermo, RU INSTM of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy. mariachiara.mistretta@unipa.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work reports a study on the effect of multiple reprocessing on the properties of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) filled with graphene nanoplatelets (GnP) compared to the melt reprocessed neat polymeric matrix. In particular, morphological, X-Ray Diffraction and Micro-Raman analyses, intrinsic viscosity measurements, thermal, rheological and mechanical tests were carried out on materials reprocessed up five times by means of a single screw extruder. The results indicated that the presence of GnP decreased the degradation rate as a function of the reprocessing cycles in comparison with the neat PLA that, on the contrary, showed a more drastic reduction of the molecular weight. Moreover, the reprocessing improved the particle dispersion and reduced the presence of GnP aggregates.

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graphene nanoplatelets (GnP)nanocompositespoly(lactic acid) (PLA)recycling

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PMID30966053
PMCPMC6414878

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