An advanced class of bio-hybrid materials: Bionanocomposites of inorganic clays and organic stereocomplex polylactides

Purba Purnama, Youngmee Jung, Soo Hyun Kim

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Abstract

Bio-stereo nanocomposite polylactides are prepared by polymerization followed by stereocomplexation in scCO2/dichloromethane through in situ polymerization and master batch processes. The bio-stereo nanocomposite polylactides show intercalated-exfoliated and fully exfoliated nanoscale clay distribution in a perfect stereocomplex polylactide matrix. In situ polymerization proves better strategy to produce well-exfoliated silicate layers in the stereocomplex matrix compared to the MB route that increases the melting temperature by up to ≈64 °C. The thermal properties of these materials maintain both stereocomplex and nanocomposite features simultaneously. The results open a new and versatile way to develop polylactide-based materials. An advanced class of bio-hybrid material was developed and named bio-stereo nanocomposite polylactide. These novel polylactide-based materials consist of intercalated-exfoliated and fully exfoliated clay distributions in a crystalline stereocomplex polylactide. The bio-stereo nanocomposite polylactide possesses unique properties that contain both stereocomplex and nanocomposite features.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-269
Number of pages7
JournalMacromolecular Materials and Engineering
Volume298
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013 Mar
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • bio-hybrid materials
  • bionanocomposites
  • nanocomposites
  • polylactides
  • stereocomplex

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymers and Plastics
  • Materials Chemistry

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