Effect of 1,3,5‐trialkyl‐benzenetricarboxylamide on the crystallization of poly(lactic acid)

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Abstract

ABSTRACT A series of 1,3,5‐trialkyl‐benzenetricarboxylamides (BTA‐Rs) with different side‐chain lengths of n ‐alkyl are synthesized to use as nucleating agents of poly (lactic acid) (PLA). Crystallization rate of PLA is detailed discussed in nonisothermal melt‐crystallization with addition of the synthesized nucleating agents. Among these BTA‐Rs, BTA‐n‐butyl (BTA‐nBu) shows the most excellent nucleation ability for PLA. The influences of BTA‐nBu on the nonisothermal melt‐crystallization and cold‐crystallization from the glassy state, isothermal crystallization, crystalline structure, and spherulite morphology of PLA are investigated. It is found that 0.8 wt % is the optimal weight fraction of BTA‐nBu to improve the crystallization of PLA. In the case of isothermal melt‐crystallization from melt, the addition of BTA‐nBu shortens the crystallization half‐time and speeds up the crystallization rate of PLA with no discernible effect on the crystalline structure. Besides, BTA‐nBu nucleated PLA exhibits smaller spherulites size and larger nucleation density than that of pure PLA. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 130: 1328‐1336, 2013

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