Abstract
We evaluated the influence of blending various renewable polymer grades and amounts to allow for high stretchability during stretching at 800 mm/s to produce polymer tapes with high Young’s moduli E and yield stress σy similar to industrial production of non-degradable synthetic polymers. Renewable polymer blends based on TPS, PBAT, and PLA with high stretchability as well as high E and σy of stretched tapes comparable to high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) and isotactic polypropylene were identified. High stretchability (up to 380%) was facilitated with TPS-PBAT tapes and comparably high E (up to 5000 MPa) and σy (up to 160 MPa) of stretched tapes were obtained for mixtures of different PLA grades resulting in E-moduli exceeding that of PE-HD. A balance of these properties approaching those of synthetic polymers was achieved with PLA-PBAT blends (stretchability: 340%, E: 4500 MPa, σy: 120 MPa).
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