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In Situ Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Clay Nanocomposites

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Title In Situ Synthesis of High Molecular Weight Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Clay Nanocomposites
 
Creator KATIYAR, V
NANAVATI, H
 
Subject RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION
POLYLACTIDE/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES
LAYERED SILICATES
LACTIC-ACID
POLYMERS
MONTMORILLONITE
DERIVATIVES
COMPOSITES
MORPHOLOGY
COMPLEXES
 
Description We propose here a significantly improved process for the preparation of a lactide-clay intercalated mixture, which yields a high molecular weight (MW, M(n) similar to 126,000 Da) poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) clay nanocomposite (PLACN) in short times of in situ ring opening polymerization (ROP). In situ ROP using such a lactide-clay mixture enables ROP in the "nano-sized reactors" formed by the clay galleries. Cloisite (R) Na clays have been modified in-house with two different surfactant modifiers, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide and dioctadecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide, and these modified clays are compared with Cloisite (R) 20A and Cloisite (R) 30B. Interlayer spacings of modified clays are correlated with the resulting PLACN morphology and polymer MW growth. The optical purity of PLACNs is found similar, whereas thermal stability is significantly superior to that of neat PLLA. XRD/SAXS and TEM analyses confirm that PLACN can be prepared either with intercalated or exfoliated morphology when using either nonfunctionalized or functionalized modified clay, respectively. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 51:2066-2077, 2011. (C) 2011 Society of Plastics Engineers
 
Publisher WILEY-BLACKWELL
 
Date 2012-06-26T04:58:31Z
2012-06-26T04:58:31Z
2011
 
Type Article
 
Identifier POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE,51(10)2066-2077
0032-3888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.22120
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/13922
 
Language English