Abstract
Polylactide (PLA) is a commercially available polyester that is completely biodegradable in a compost environment. Methods for the preparation of PLA-containing block copolymers as nanostructure templates, crystallization modifiers, and for rubber toughened PLA formulations are investigated. A combination of anionic polymerization and coordination-insertion polymerization are used to prepare a range of polyisoprene-PLA and polystyrene-PLA block copolymers. This combination of `mechanistically incompatible' polymer pairs requires a multi-step process that involves changing the polymerization mechanism to facilitate the synthesis of model materials. This concept is applied to the preparation of novel block copolymers containing PLA.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Pages | 441 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Edition | 1 |
| State | Published - Mar 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 ACS Anaheim Meeting - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: Mar 21 1999 → Mar 25 1999 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1999 ACS Anaheim Meeting |
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| City | Anaheim, CA, USA |
| Period | 3/21/99 → 3/25/99 |