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ArticlePolymers2021

Analysis of the Damage Mechanism around the Crack Tip for Two Rubber-Toughened PLA-Based Blends.

Vito Gigante, Luca Bosi, Paola Parlanti, Mauro Gemmi, Laura Aliotta, Andrea Lazzeri

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vito GiganteDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi, 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3896-9629
Luca BosiDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi, 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.
Paola ParlantiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Materials Interfaces, Electron Crystallography, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2163-1296
Mauro GemmiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Materials Interfaces, Electron Crystallography, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Italy.
Laura AliottaDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi, 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1876-5995
Andrea LazzeriDepartment of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Via Diotisalvi, 2, 56122 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9463-1502
University of Pisa · ITPiaggio (Italy) · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The toughening mechanisms of poly(lactic acid; PLA) blended with two different elastomers, namely poly (butylene adipate-co-terephtalate; PBAT) and polyolefin elastomers with grafted glycidyl methacrylate (POE-g-GMA), at 10 and 20 wt.%, were investigated. Tensile and Charpy impact tests showed a general improvement in the performance of the PLA. The morphology of the dispersed phases showed that PBAT is in the form of spheres while POE-g-GMA has a dual sphere/fibre morphology. To correlate the micromechanical deformation mechanism with the macroscopical mechanical behaviour, the analysis of the subcritical crack tip damaged zone of double-notched specimens subjected to a four-point bending test (according to the single-edge double-notch four-point bend (SEDN-4PB) technique) was carried out using several microscopic techniques (SEM, polarized TOM and TEM). The damage was mainly generated by shear yielding deformation although voids associated with dilatational bands were observed.

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damage mechanismsdilatational bandsmicroscopypoly(lactic) acid (PLA)rubber toughening

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PMID34833352
PMCPMC8625029
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