Properties of Stereocomplex PLA for Melt Spinning

Boris Marx, Lars Bostan, Axel Herrmann, Laura Boskamp, Katharina Koschek (2023) Properties of Stereocomplex PLA for Melt Spinning Polymers (Basel) (IF: 4.9) 15(23)

Abstract

Fibers made from biopolymers are one solution for conserving both resources and the environment. However, these fibers currently have limited strengths, which limit their use for textile applications. In this paper, a biopolymer stereocomplex poly(-lactide) (scPLA) formation on a technical scale of high-molecular-weight poly(D-lactide) (PDLA) and poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) is presented. This scPLA material is the basis for further research to develop scPLA yarns in melt spinning with technical strengths for technical application. scPLA is compared with standard and commercially available semi-crystalline PLA for the production of fibers in melt spinning (msPLA) with textile strengths. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) gives a degree of crystallization of 59.7% for scPLA and 47.0% for msPLA. X-ray diffraction (XRD) confirms the pure stereocomplex crystal structure for scPLA and semi-crystallinity for msPLA. scPLA and msPLA are also compared regarding their processing properties (rheology) in melt spinning. While complex viscosity of scPLA is much lower compared to msPLA, both materials show similar viscoelastic behavior. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) shows the influence of the molecular weight on the thermal stability, whereas essentially the crystallinity influences the biodegradability of the PLA materials.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10708371
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38231930
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15234510

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