Articles & Issues
- Language
- English
- Conflict of Interest
- In relation to this article, we declare that there is no conflict of interest.
- Publication history
-
Received July 7, 2007
Accepted August 15, 2007
-
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/3.0) which permits
unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright © KIChE. All rights reserved.
All issues
Effect of biobased and biodegradable nucleating agent on the isothermal crystallization of poly(lactic acid)
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Yeungnam University, 214-1 Dae-dong, Gyeoungsan 712-749, Korea 1Channel DM Co., Ltd., 12F, Gateway Tower, Dongja-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-709, Korea 2Department of Chemical Engineering & Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI-48823, USA
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, May 2008, 25(3), 599-608(10), 10.1007/s11814-008-0101-7
Download PDF
Abstract
The effect of chemically modified thermoplastic starch (CMPS) on the thermal properties and isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and compared to that of granular starch and an inorganic nucleating agent, talc. Nucleated PLA showed an additional crystallization of PLA, which affected the melting temperature. The crystallinity and crystallization rate of PLA were considerably enhanced by addition of CMPS, even at 0.1% content, and the amount of the CMPS had little effect on the thermal properties and isothermal crystallization kinetics of PLA. The effect of CMPS as a nucleating agent was comparable to that of granular starch but slightly less than that of talc. However, CMPS can offer a fully biodegradable nucleating agent with no residues remaining for the biobased and biodegradable polymers.
Keywords
References
Narayan R, Polymeric materials from agricultural feedstocks, Polymers from Agricultural Coproducts, M. L. Fishman, R. B. Friedman and S. J. Huang, Eds., ACS, Washington DC (1994)
Narayan R, Rationale R, drivers, and technology examples, Biobased & Biodegradable Polymer Materials, K. C. Khemmani and C. Scholz, Eds., ACS, Washington DC (2006)
Jacobsen S, Fritz HG, Polym. Eng. Sci., 36(22), 2799 (1996)
Park JW, Im SS, Kim SH, Kim YH, Polym. Eng. Sci., 40(12), 2539 (2000)
Ke TY, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 81(12), 3069 (2001)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 82(7), 1761 (2001)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 84(6), 1257 (2002)
Ke TY, Sun XZS, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 88(13), 2947 (2003)
Jung BW, Shin CH, Kim YJ, Shin BY, Environmental Research (Korea), 18, 43 (1998)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 90(13), 3683 (2003)
Zhang JF, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 94(4), 1697 (2004)
Zhang JF, Sun XZ, Biomacromolecules, 5(4), 1446 (2004)
Shin BY, Jo GS, Kang KS, Lee TJ, Kim BS, Lee SI, Song JS, Macromol. Res., 15(4), 291 (2007)
Kim YJ, Lee YM, Lee HM, Park OO, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 11(3), 172 (1994)
Byun HS, Lee HY, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 23(6), 1003 (2006)
Park JY, Kwon MH, Lee YS, Park OO, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 17(3), 262 (2000)
Kim YC, Kim CY, Kim SC, Polym. Eng. Sci., 31, 1009 (1991)
Xu WB, He PS, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 80(2), 304 (2001)
Alata H, Hexig B, Inoue Y, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 44(13), 1813 (2006)
Kawamoto N, Sakai A, Horikoshi T, Urushihara T, Tobita E, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 103(1), 198 (2007)
He Y, Inoue Y, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 42, 3462 (2001)
Shin K, Dong T, He Y, Tagichi Y, Oishi A, Nishida H, Inoue Y, Macromol. Biosci., 4, 1075 (2004)
Dong T, He Y, Shin K, Inoue Y, Macromol. Biosci., 4, 1084 (2004)
Dong T, He Y, Zhu B, Shin KM, Inoue Y, Macromolecules, 38(18), 7736 (2005)
Ke TY, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 89(5), 1203 (2003)
Narayan R, Blakrishnan S, Nabar Y, Shin BY, Dubois P, Raquez JM, US patent, 7, 153354 (2006)
Van Krevelene DW, Properties of polymers, Elsevier Science Publisher, Amsterdam (1990)
Park SH, Kim YB, Lee DS, Polym.(Korea), 24(4), 477 (2000)
Liu WJ, Yang HL, Wang Z, Dong LS, Liu JJ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 86(9), 2145 (2002)
Kai W, He Y, Inoue Y, Polym. Int., 54, 780 (2005)
Yang J, Zhao T, Liu L, Zhou Y, Li G, Zhou E, Chen X, Polym. J., 38, 1251 (2006)
He Y, Fan ZY, Wei J, Li SM, Li SM, Polym. Eng. Sci., 46(11), 1583 (2006)
Kim CY, Kim YC, Kim SC, Polym. Eng. Sci., 33, 1445 (1993)
Miyata T, Masuko T, Polymer, 39(22), 5515 (1998)
Gao X, Lu RG, Jin MN, Bu HS, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 40(20), 2387 (2002)
Narayan R, Rationale R, drivers, and technology examples, Biobased & Biodegradable Polymer Materials, K. C. Khemmani and C. Scholz, Eds., ACS, Washington DC (2006)
Jacobsen S, Fritz HG, Polym. Eng. Sci., 36(22), 2799 (1996)
Park JW, Im SS, Kim SH, Kim YH, Polym. Eng. Sci., 40(12), 2539 (2000)
Ke TY, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 81(12), 3069 (2001)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 82(7), 1761 (2001)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 84(6), 1257 (2002)
Ke TY, Sun XZS, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 88(13), 2947 (2003)
Jung BW, Shin CH, Kim YJ, Shin BY, Environmental Research (Korea), 18, 43 (1998)
Wang H, Sun XZ, Seib P, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 90(13), 3683 (2003)
Zhang JF, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 94(4), 1697 (2004)
Zhang JF, Sun XZ, Biomacromolecules, 5(4), 1446 (2004)
Shin BY, Jo GS, Kang KS, Lee TJ, Kim BS, Lee SI, Song JS, Macromol. Res., 15(4), 291 (2007)
Kim YJ, Lee YM, Lee HM, Park OO, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 11(3), 172 (1994)
Byun HS, Lee HY, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 23(6), 1003 (2006)
Park JY, Kwon MH, Lee YS, Park OO, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 17(3), 262 (2000)
Kim YC, Kim CY, Kim SC, Polym. Eng. Sci., 31, 1009 (1991)
Xu WB, He PS, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 80(2), 304 (2001)
Alata H, Hexig B, Inoue Y, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 44(13), 1813 (2006)
Kawamoto N, Sakai A, Horikoshi T, Urushihara T, Tobita E, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 103(1), 198 (2007)
He Y, Inoue Y, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 42, 3462 (2001)
Shin K, Dong T, He Y, Tagichi Y, Oishi A, Nishida H, Inoue Y, Macromol. Biosci., 4, 1075 (2004)
Dong T, He Y, Shin K, Inoue Y, Macromol. Biosci., 4, 1084 (2004)
Dong T, He Y, Zhu B, Shin KM, Inoue Y, Macromolecules, 38(18), 7736 (2005)
Ke TY, Sun XZ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 89(5), 1203 (2003)
Narayan R, Blakrishnan S, Nabar Y, Shin BY, Dubois P, Raquez JM, US patent, 7, 153354 (2006)
Van Krevelene DW, Properties of polymers, Elsevier Science Publisher, Amsterdam (1990)
Park SH, Kim YB, Lee DS, Polym.(Korea), 24(4), 477 (2000)
Liu WJ, Yang HL, Wang Z, Dong LS, Liu JJ, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 86(9), 2145 (2002)
Kai W, He Y, Inoue Y, Polym. Int., 54, 780 (2005)
Yang J, Zhao T, Liu L, Zhou Y, Li G, Zhou E, Chen X, Polym. J., 38, 1251 (2006)
He Y, Fan ZY, Wei J, Li SM, Li SM, Polym. Eng. Sci., 46(11), 1583 (2006)
Kim CY, Kim YC, Kim SC, Polym. Eng. Sci., 33, 1445 (1993)
Miyata T, Masuko T, Polymer, 39(22), 5515 (1998)
Gao X, Lu RG, Jin MN, Bu HS, J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., 40(20), 2387 (2002)
