Ductility and Toughness Improvement of Injection-Molded Compostable Pieces of Polylactide by Melt Blending with Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Thermoplastic Starch

Ductility and Toughness Improvement of Injection-Molded Compostable Pieces of Polylactide by Melt Blending with Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Thermoplastic Starch

The present study describes the preparation and characterization of binary and ternary blends based on polylactide (PLA) with poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and thermoplastic starch (TPS) to develop fully compostable plastics with improved ductility and toughness. To this end, PLA was first mel...

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Main Authors: Luis Quiles-Carrillo, Nestor Montanes, Fede Pineiro, Amparo Jorda-Vilaplana, Sergio Torres-Giner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
PLA
PCL
TPS
biopolymer blends
mechanical properties
compostable plastics
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/11/2138

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