Rheological and Thermal Properties of the PLA Modified by Electron Beam Irradiation in the Presence of Functional Monomer |
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Authors: | Boo Young Shin Do Hung Han Ramani Narayan |
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Institution: | (1) School of Display and Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749, Korea;(2) Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
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Abstract: | Polylactic acid (PLA) has been modified by electron beam radiation in the presence of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) to enhance
the melt strength of PLA. The modified PLA was prepared by varying both the amount of GMA and the irradiation dose and was
characterized by observing the thermal properties, the melt viscoelastic properties and the gel fraction. For comparison,
virgin PLA was also irradiated. All irradiated virgin PLA had a lower complex viscosity and a storage modulus compared to
virgin PLA due to irradiation-induced chain scission. However, these properties were remarkably improved due to formation
of long chain branching and retarding chain scission if GMA was introduced in this system. The increase in melt viscoelastic
property was much dependent on the irradiation dose. At optimum doses of radiation, it showed maximum complex viscosity and
storage modulus. The PLA irradiated with 20 kGy in the presence of 3 phr GMA showed a complex viscosity of about 10 times
higher and a storage modulus of 100 times higher than those of virgin PLA at 0.1 rad/s. Gel fraction measurement revealed
that chain scission and branching was more dominant than crosslinking. The biodegradability of irradiated PLA was slightly
decreased by the presence of GMA. |
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