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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
chemistry
A study of morphological, thermal, rheological and barrier properties of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-Co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)/polylactide blends prepared by melt mixing
Polymer Testing, Volume 32, No. 5, Year 2013
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The paper aims to study blend properties of biodegradable polymers of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and polylactide (PLA) prepared by melt mixing. Blend compositions based on PHBV/PLA were investigated according to the following weight ratios, i.e. 100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 and 0/100 wt%. The study showed through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that blends of PHBV/PLA are not miscible. This is consistent with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data which indicate the presence of two distinct glass transition temperatures (Tg) and melting temperatures (T m), attributed to the neat polymers, over all the range of blend compositions. Water and oxygen barrier properties of PHBV/PLA blends are significantly improved with increasing the PHBV content in the blend. Further, morphological analyzes indicated that increasing the PHBV content in the polymer blends results in increasing the PLA crystallinity due to the finely dispersed PHBV crystals acting as a filler and a nucleating agent for PLA. On the other hand, the addition of PLA to the blend results in a very impressive increase in the complex viscosity of PHBV. Moreover, the rheological data showed that, excluding the specific behavior of the neat polymers at low frequencies, i.e. less than 0.1 Hz, the complex viscosity of PHBV/PLA blends fits the mixing law well. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Zembouai, Idris
Algeria, Bejaia
Université Abderrahmane Mira - Béjaïa
France, Lorient
Université de Bretagne-sud
Kaci, Mustapha
Algeria, Bejaia
Université Abderrahmane Mira - Béjaïa
Bruzaud, Stephane
France, Lorient
Université de Bretagne-sud
Benhamida, Aida
Algeria, Bejaia
Université Abderrahmane Mira - Béjaïa
Corre, Yves Marie
France, Lorient
Université de Bretagne-sud
Grohens, Yves
France, Lorient
Université de Bretagne-sud
Statistics
Citations: 145
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.04.004
ISSN:
01429418
Research Areas
Environmental