Abstract
In this work, we investigated the influence of physical aging on polylactic acid (PLA) films using thermal and optical techniques; Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Thermally Stimulated Depolarization Current (TSDC), and Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy (ATR). The PLA films were aged for different periods: 60, 90, and 120 minutes at a temperature Ta= 43 °C. The result obtained by DSC showed that the effect of physical aging appeared as an endothermic peak, which increased with increasing aging time and evolved towards higher temperatures. TSDC results showed a thermal current peak located between 30 and 80 ° C, which represented the main relaxation mode (α relaxation) of the dielectric manifestation of the glass transition. The intensity of this peak decreased and was shifted to higher temperatures when aging time increased, this result can be explained by a decrease in the molecular mobility of macromolecular chains due to the decrease in the free volume. The effect of physical aging on the PLA by the ATR technique showed a gradual decrease in all absorption bands during the aging period. In particular, the wide absorption band between 3000 and 3700 cm-1attributed to the hydroxyl group (OH), which disappeared after two hours of aging
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