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Melting of alpha'- and alpha-crystals of poly(lactic acid)

Authors :
Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura
Androsch, René
Source :
AIP conference proceedings 1736 (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4949583, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura; Androsch, René/titolo:Melting of alpha'-and alpha-crystals of poly(lactic acid)/doi:10.1063%2F1.4949583/rivista:AIP conference proceedings/anno:2016/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:1736
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, New York , Stati Uniti d'America, 2016.

Abstract

The influence of chain structure on thermal stability of ?'-crystals of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with high L-lactic acid content (96-100 %) is detailed in this contribution. ?'-crystals of PLA grow at temperatures below 120 °C, and spontaneously transform into stable ?-modification during heating. Using conventional differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and fast scanning chip calorimetry (FSC), a wide range of scanning rates, between about 10-1 and 102 K s-1 could be tested. It was found that reorganization of disordered ?'-crystals into stable ?-crystals can be suppressed by fast heating. The critical heating rate needed to completely melt ?'-crystals and to avoid formation of ?-crystals on continuation of heating varies with the chain composition, and decreases upon increase of the D-lactic acid content in the PLA chain.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
AIP conference proceedings 1736 (2016). doi:10.1063/1.4949583, info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura; Androsch, René/titolo:Melting of alpha'-and alpha-crystals of poly(lactic acid)/doi:10.1063%2F1.4949583/rivista:AIP conference proceedings/anno:2016/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume:1736
Accession number :
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Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4949583