Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Institutional Repository

Solution and melt viscoelastic properties of controlled microstructure poly(lactide)

Othman, Norhayani and Acosta-Ramirez, Alberto and Mehrkhodavandi, Parisa and Dorgan, John R. and Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G. (2011) Solution and melt viscoelastic properties of controlled microstructure poly(lactide). Journal of Rheology, 55 (5). pp. 987-1005. ISSN 0148-6055

Full text not available from this repository.

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.3609853

Abstract

A series of controlled microstructure poly(lactide) (PLA) samples were synthesized using a novel chiral dinuclear indium catalyst capable of living polymerization of lactide. PLAs with different ratios of L- to D- monomer ratios of 100:0, 90:10, 75:25, 50:50, and 0:100 were investigated. The relationship between intrinsic viscosity and the absolute molar mass distribution of the samples obtained by light scattering gel permeation chromatography in tetrahydrofuran gives [η] = 0.014 + 0.75 Mw, a scaling law of typical coil dimensions of linear macromolecules in good solvent. The melt rheological study includes determination of zero-shear viscosity and its relationship with the molecular weight, the relaxation spectrum, and its relation with molecular weight characteristics, as well as plateau modulus and other important rheological parameters that are helpful in predicting the linear viscoelasticity of PLA. Emphasis is placed on the uniaxial melt behavior of these polymers. At low temperatures, significant strain hardening is observed, which gradually disappears with an increase in temperature and decrease of Hencky strain rate. The K-BKZ constitutive equation is used to model the experimental data. It is concluded that in spite of their linear structure, PLAs exhibit strain hardening which is not due to strain-induced crystallization, and it is solely due to the dynamics of molecular relaxation.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:extensional rheology, light scattering, living polymerization, molecular weight, poly(lactic acid), poly(lactide)
Subjects:Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
ID Code:29327
Deposited By: Yanti Mohd Shah
Deposited On:01 Apr 2013 05:53
Last Modified:25 Mar 2019 08:06

Repository Staff Only: item control page