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Poly(l-lactide) and Poly(l-lactide- Co-Trimethylene Carbonate) Melt-Spun Fibers: Structure-Processing-Properties Relationship

Poly(l-lactide) and Poly(l-lactide- Co-Trimethylene Carbonate) Melt-Spun Fibers: Structure-Processing-Properties Relationship

Tiziana Fuoco, Torbjörn Mathisen, Anna Finne-Wistrand

Biomacromolecules. 2019 Mar 11;20(3):1346-1361.

PMID: 30665299

Abstract:

l-Lactide/trimethylene carbonate copolymers have been produced as multifilament fibers by high-speed melt-spinning. The relationship existing between the composition, processing parameters and physical properties of the fibers has been disclosed by analyzing how the industrial process induced changes at the macromolecular level, i.e., the chain microstructure and crystallinity development. A poly(l-lactide) and three copolymers having trimethylene carbonate contents of 5, 10 and 18 mol % were synthesized with high molecular weight ( Mn) up to 377 kDa and narrow dispersity. Their microstructure, crystallinity and thermal properties were dictated by the composition. The spinnability was then assessed for all the as-polymerized materials: four melt-spun multifilament fibers with increasing linear density were collected for each (co)polymer at a fixed take-up speed of 1800 m min-1 varying the mass throughput during the extrusion. A linear correlation resulted between the as-spun fiber properties and the linear density. The as-spun fibers could be further oriented, developing more crystallinity and improving their tensile properties by a second stage of hot-drawing. This ability was dependent on the composition and crystallinity achieved during the melt-spinning and the parameters selected for the hot-drawing, such as temperature, draw ratio and input speed. The crystalline structure evolved to a more stable form, and the degree of crystallinity increased from 0-52% to 25-66%. Values of tensile strength and Young's modulus up to 0.32-0.61 GPa and 4.9-8.4 GPa were respectively achieved.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
LS743153	Poly(trimethylene carbonate-co-p-dioxanone-co-L-lactide)			Price

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