Evaluation and Modeling of Polylactide Photodegradation under Ultraviolet Irradiation: Bio-Based Polyester Photolysis Mechanism

In our study, we investigated the accelerated aging process of PLA under 253.7 nm UV-C irradiation with the use of the GPC, NMR, FTIR, and DSC methods and formal kinetic analysis. The results of GPC and DSC indicated a significant degree of destructive changes in the PLA macromolecules, while spectr...

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Main Authors: Sergey Lomakin, Yurii Mikheev, Sergey Usachev, Svetlana Rogovina, Lubov Zhorina, Evgeniya Perepelitsina, Irina Levina, Olga Kuznetsova, Natalia Shilkina, Alexey Iordanskii, Alexander Berlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-04-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/16/7/985