Recent advances in production of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) nanocomposites: a versatile method to tune crystallization properties of PLA
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A new approach leading to poly(lactic acid) (PLA) nanocomposites designed with improved nucleating/crystallization ability has been developed. As proof of concept, nanofillers of different morphology (organo-modified layered silicates, halloysite nanotubes and silica) were surface-treated with ethylene bis-stearamide (EBS), a selected fatty amide able to promote chain mobility during PLA crystallization from the melt and nucleation. The fine dispersion of the nucleating additive via nanoparticles (NPs) as ‘nano-template’ is leading to nanocomposites showing unexpected improvements in PLA crystallization rate. This was evidenced by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) from the high values of the degree of crystallinity (20–40%) with respect to neat PLA (4.3%) and the sharp decrease in crystallization half-time under isothermal conditions (at 110°C), even below one minute. Furthermore, after injection molding the outstanding crystallization properties of PLA were again confirmed. Accordingly, the PLA-nanofiller/EBS nanocomposites revealed remarkable degree of crystallinity (in the range of 30–40%). Surprisingly, the presence of EBS can significantly increase the impact resistance of PLA and PLA based nanocomposites. By considering the remarkable increasing in crystallinity, a key parameter to allow PLA utilization in durable applications, the development of the new approach is expected to lead to significant improvements in the processing and performances of PLA products.
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The rate of PLA crystallization is slow, frequently slower than the cooling rate used in common polymer processing devices.
“However, the rate of the PLA crystallization is slow (Auras et al., 2004;Liu et al., 2014;Murariu et al., 2015;Zhang et al., 2018), frequently slower than the cooling rate used in common polymer processing devices (Zhang et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Murariu, M., Dechief, A.-L., Ramy-Ratiarison, R., Paint, Y., Raquez, J.-M., & Dubois, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Mons (BE)
- Center of Innovation and Research in Materials and Polymers (CIRMAP), Laboratory of Polymeric and Composite Materials (LPCM), University of Mons & Materia Nova Research Center, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium
- Corresponding author
- Murariu, Marius
- Venue
- Nanocomposites
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-12-30
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 71-82
- ISSN
- 2055-0324 (ISSN-L)
- 2055-0332
- OpenAlex
- W2049588778
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 4.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Nanocomposites (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Office of Science
- Interreg
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Keywords
- polylactic acid, PLA nanocomposites, crystallization, nucleation, organically modified layered silicates, halloysite nanotubes, silica nanoparticles, surface treatment, crystallization rate, crystallinity, impact resistance, injection molding
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