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  • Enhanced Thermomechanical Properties of Stereo-complexed PLA Copoymer via In-situ Polymerization
  • Sang-Ha Hwang, Young Sil Lee*, and Kwan Han Yoon**,†

  • Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Center, Institute for Advanced Engineering, 175-28 Goan-ro 51, Baegam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17180, Korea
    *Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 1 Yangho-dong, Gumi 39177, Korea
    **Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 1 Yangho-dong, Gumi 39177, Korea

  • In-situ 중합법에 의한 입체복합 PLA 공중합체의 열변형 특성
  • 황상하 ·이영실* ·윤관한**,†

  • 고등기술연구원, *금오공과대학교 산학협력단, **금오공과대학교 화학공학과

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Abstract

Stereo-complexation of PLA was known to be induced by the strong interaction between L-lactyl unit sequences of poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) and D-lactyl unit sequences of poly(D-lactide) (PDLA), resulted in enhanced thermo-mechanical as well as physico-chemical properties. In this work, we proposed very effective method to form sc-PLA by in-situ ring opening polymerization of D-lactide in existence of molten PLLA. Although this simple in-situ polymerization approach showed relatively low conversion of D-lactide, PLLA-b-PDLA stereo copolymer was successfully synthesized and exhibited twice enhanced heat distortion temperature (63.5 ℃ ® 130.5 ℃) compared to neat PLLA with only 6 h of reaction time. It was also found that the regularity of block copolymer sequence as well as crystallinity of PLLA-b-PDLA was hindered by addition of meso-lactide, meaning the strong interaction between L-lactyl unit and D-lactyl unit is only available when their stereoregularity are in the similar order.


Poly(L-lactide)(PLLA)의 L-lactyl 반복단위와 poly(D-lactide)(PDLA)의 D-lactyl 반복단위의 강한 상호작용을 통해 입체 복합화된 결정구조가 형성됨이 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 시퀀스 단위의 상호작용을 극대화하기 위해 PLLA-b-PDLA 블록 공중합체를 형성하는 접근법을 사용하고자 하였으며 이를 위해 용융된 PLLA상에서 D-lactide를 중합하는 in-situ 중합법을 활용하였다. 비록 PLLA의 높은 점도로 인한 유동성의 저하로 D-lactide의 반응 전환율은 상대적으로 낮게 측정되었으나 약 6시간의 중합 반응을 통해 PLLA-b-PDLA 블록 공중합체가 효과적으로 형성됨이 관찰되었고 이를 통해 열변형온도가 약 63.5 ℃에서 130.5 ℃로 두배 가까이 상승함을 확인하였다. 추가적으로 meso-lactide의 함량 별 첨가를 통해 PLLA와 PDLA의 입체규칙성과 그 유사성이 입체복합화에 가장 중요한 요소임을 확인하였으며 sc-PLA의 가공성을 개선하기 위한 방안이 될 수 있음을 증명하였다.


Keywords: polylactide, poly(L-lactide), poly(D-lactide), polymer synthesis, stereo-complexation.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2023; 47(5): 643-649

    Published online Sep 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.5.643
  • Received on May 24, 2023
  • Revised on Jun 29, 2023
  • Accepted on Jun 29, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Kwan Han Yoon
  • **Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 1 Yangho-dong, Gumi 39177, Korea

  • E-mail: khyoon@kumoh.ac.kr