Abstract
As far as we know, to enhance the toughness of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) without compromising its inherent biodegradability, melt blending PLLA with flexible biodegradable polymers is the most effective and universal method. However, most of research results show a slight improvement in impact toughness due to the amorphous PLLA matrix. In other words, effective impact toughness can be achieved only if PLLA blend is in a highly crystalline state. In this work, blend of PLLA with 20 wt% PCL was prepared and then samples made by injection molding were applied to thermal annealing at different temperatures for 2 h to increase the crystallinity of PLLA matrix. The results show that the crystallinity of PLLA/PCL blend annealing at 80 °C is exceeding 40% and impact strength of the samples increases from 5.92 KJ/m2 of unannealed neat PLLA to 26.81 KJ/m2. At the same time, the thermal properties are also improved by a large margin.
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