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Insight into the melt processed Polylimonene oxide/Polylactic acid blends
Materials Science · Submitted 1 Sep 2023
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The authors' main claim All the results point to the existence of strong interactions between the components, suggesting their partial miscibility.
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In this work, the polymerization of limonene oxide (LO) has been optimized at room temperature with two different aluminium-based catalysts [AlMeX{2,6-(CHPh$_2$)$_2$-4-tBu-C$_6$H$_2$O}] (X = Me (1), Cl (2)). A fully bio-based ether, polylimonene oxide (PLO), has been synthesized with low molecular weight and good thermal stability, being a potential sustainable polymeric additive for other bio-based and biodegradable polymers such as polylactic acid (PLA). Hence, we have explored its ability to influence the thermal, mechanical and morphological properties of PLA by preparing their blends by melt processing. The addition of a low amount of PLO led to a nearly 10 $^\circ$C decrease in the PLA glass transition temperature. Moreover, a decrease in the PLA melting temperature and the degree of crystallinity was observed. Interestingly, a remarkable increase in the flexibility of PLA-based films was noticed. All the results point to the existence of strong interactions between the components, suggesting their partial miscibility.
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| s0 | In this work, the polymerization of limonene oxide (LO) has been optimized at room temperature with two different aluminium-based catalysts [AlMeX{2,6-(CHPh$_2$)$_2$-4-tBu-C$_6$H$_2$O}] (X = Me (1), Cl (2)). | method 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | A fully bio-based ether, polylimonene oxide (PLO), has been synthesized with low molecular weight and good thermal stability, being a potential sustainable polymeric additive for other bio-based and biodegradable polymers such as polylactic acid (PLA). | contribution 0.78 | 0.88 | 0.08 | asserted 0.76 |
| s2 | Hence, we have explored its ability to influence the thermal, mechanical and morphological properties of PLA by preparing their blends by melt processing. | contribution 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.06 | asserted 0.90 |
| s3 | The addition of a low amount of PLO led to a nearly 10 $^\circ$C decrease in the PLA glass transition temperature. | result 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.15 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Moreover, a decrease in the PLA melting temperature and the degree of crystallinity was observed. | result 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.08 | asserted 1.00 |
| s5 | Interestingly, a remarkable increase in the flexibility of PLA-based films was noticed. | result 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.13 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | All the results point to the existence of strong interactions between the components, suggesting their partial miscibility. | interpretation 1.00 | 0.90 | 0.66 | hedged possibility 0.92 |
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In this work, the polymerization of limonene oxide (LO) has been optimized at room temperature with two different aluminium-based catalysts [AlMeX{2,6-(CHPh$_2$)$_2$-4-tBu-C$_6$H$_2$O}] (X = Me (1), Cl (2)). A fully bio-based ether, polylimonene oxide (PLO), has been synthesized with low molecular weight and good thermal stability, being a potential sustainable polymeric additive for other bio-based and biodegradable polymers such as polylactic acid (PLA). Hence, we have explored its ability to influence the thermal, mechanical and morphological properties of PLA by preparing their blends by melt processing. The addition of a low amount of PLO led to a nearly 10 $^\circ$C decrease in the PLA glass transition temperature. Moreover, a decrease in the PLA melting temperature and the degree of crystallinity was observed. Interestingly, a remarkable increase in the flexibility of PLA-based films was noticed. All the results point to the existence of strong interactions between the components, suggesting their partial miscibility.
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