2006
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-14392006000100006
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Thermal and mechanical behavior of injection molded Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) blends

Abstract: Aiming the development of high-performance biodegradable polymer materials, the properties and the processing behavior of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), P(3HB), and their blends with poly(ε-caprolactone), PCL, have been investigated. The P(3HB) sample, obtained from sugarcane, had a molecular weight of 3.0 x 10 5 g.mol, a crystallinity degree of 60%, a glass transition temperature (T g ), at -0.8 °C, and a melting temperature at 171 °C. The molecular weight of PCL was 0.8 x 10 5 g.mol -1. Specimens of 70/30 wt. (%) … Show more

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“…Besides changing degree of crystallinity and width of the processing window, blending also offers the opportunity oflowerng production costs, that is at present the major problem for large-scale applications of bacterial polymers based plastics. P(3HB) has been found to be miscible with various polymers, including poly(ethylene oxide) ( [56]), poly(epichlorohydrin) ( [57]) and poly(vinyl acetate) PVAc) [58], polyepsiol caprolactone ( [54,59]). Among polymers considered for blending with PHB there are also highly substituted cellulose esters and Tri-substituted cellulose butyrate ( [60][61][62][63]).…”
Section: Blending Of Phb With Other Polymers Ormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Besides changing degree of crystallinity and width of the processing window, blending also offers the opportunity oflowerng production costs, that is at present the major problem for large-scale applications of bacterial polymers based plastics. P(3HB) has been found to be miscible with various polymers, including poly(ethylene oxide) ( [56]), poly(epichlorohydrin) ( [57]) and poly(vinyl acetate) PVAc) [58], polyepsiol caprolactone ( [54,59]). Among polymers considered for blending with PHB there are also highly substituted cellulose esters and Tri-substituted cellulose butyrate ( [60][61][62][63]).…”
Section: Blending Of Phb With Other Polymers Ormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Os valores de ΔH m foram calculados a partir da área do pico de fusão e normalizados com relação à porcentagem de cada polímero na blenda analisada. Observa-se a T g do P(3HB) puro em -5 °C, a T c em 42 °C e a fusão dos cristais em 155 °C, concordando com valores encontrados na literatura [17,18,39] . Com a adição do pesticida houve somente um deslocamento da T c de 42 para 54 °C, enquanto a T g e T m exibiram comportamento praticamente constante.…”
Section: Caracterização Das Microesferasunclassified
“…Apresenta-se como um polímero semicristalino com grau de cristalinidade (α c ), na ordem de 50% e temperatura de transição vítrea (T g ) em torno de -70 °C. Em geral, a PCL apresenta a capacidade de formar blendas com vários polímeros em um vasto campo de composições, e tem sido usada como plastificante polimérico [18][19][20] . Num estudo de biodegradação de filmes homopoliméricos de P(3HB), P(3HB-V) e PCL em solo, Rosa et al [21] verificaram que P(3HB) degradou mais rapidamente que PCL e P(3HB-V) não apresentou degradação no período avaliado de 90 dias.…”
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