ArticleACS sustainable chemistry & engineering2025
Sustainable Approach to Overcome Polylactide Brittleness with Biobased Esters of Isosorbide and Fatty Acids.
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This work reports on the design and synthesis of sustainable plasticizers from plant-based isosorbide to enhance the intrinsic brittleness of polylactide (PLA). To keep fully biobased carbon, isosorbide was esterified with fatty acids of varying chain length, leading to isosorbide dibutyrate (IDB), dicaprylate (IDC), and dipalmitate (IDP). These esters were incorporated into PLA at different concentrations. An approach to assess PLA-plasticizer miscibility was conducted by calculating solubility parameters (δ) and the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter, χ. The effect of plasticizer type and concentration on mechanical, thermal, and thermomechanical properties, as well as on microstructure and biodegradation, was also addressed. The results indicated that IDB and IDC notably enhanced PLA toughness, reducing the PLA's glass transition temperature (
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