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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Compatibilization of Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA)/Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Extruded Blends through the Addition of Reactively Extruded Comb Copolymers.

Maria-Beatrice Coltelli, Norma Mallegni, Sara Rizzo, Stefano Fiori, Francesca Signori, Andrea Lazzeri

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Maria-Beatrice ColtelliDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0418-8974
Norma MallegniDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4179-4962
Sara RizzoDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Stefano FioriCondensia Quimica, C/Junqueras 11-A, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9116-0135
Francesca SignoriDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9211-5352
Andrea LazzeriDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile ed Industriale, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9463-1502

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Abstract

In the perspective of producing a rigid renewable and environmentally friendly rigid packaging material, two comb-like copolymers of cellulose acetate (AC) and oligo(lactic acid) OLA, feeding different percentages of oligo(lactic acid) segments, were prepared by chemical synthesis in solvent or reactive extrusion in the melt, using a diepoxide as the coupling agent and were used as compatibilizers for poly(lactic acid)/plasticized cellulose acetate PLA/pAC blends. The blends were extruded at 230 °C or 197 °C and a similar compatibilizing behavior was observed for the different compatibilizers. The compatibilizer C1 containing 80 wt% of AC and 14 wt% of OLA resulted effective in compatibilization and it was easily obtained by reactive extrusion. Considering these results, different PLAX/pAC(100-X) compounds containing C1 as the compatibilizer were prepared by extrusion at 197 °C and tested in terms of their tensile and impact properties. Reference materials were the uncompatibilized corresponding blend (PLAX/pAC(100-X)) and the blend of PLA, at the same wt%, with C1. Significant increase in Young's modulus and tensile strength were observed in the compatibilized blends, in dependence of their morphologic features, suggesting the achievement of an improved interfacial adhesion thanks to the occurred compatibilization.

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compatibilization effectcompoundingPLA blendsreactive extrusionrigid packaging

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PMID33916068
PMCPMC8037935

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