Synergistic toughening of poly(lactic acid)/poly(ethylene vinyl acetate) ( PLA / EVA ) by dynamic vulcanization and presence of hydrophobic nanoparticles

Author(s):  
Pardis Lohrasbi ◽  
Jafar Khademzadeh Yeganeh
2018 ◽  
Vol 773 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
Jasmine Pongkasem ◽  
Saowaroj Chuayjuljit ◽  
Phasawat Chaiwutthinan ◽  
Amnouy Larpkasemsuk ◽  
Anyaporn Boonmahitthisud

In this study, poly(lactic acid) (PLA) was melt mixed with three weight percentages (10–30wt%) of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) in an internal mixer, followed by a compression molding. According to a better combination of mechanical properties, the 90/10 (w/w) PLA/EVA was selected for preparing hybrid nanocomposites with three loadings (1, 3 and 5 parts per hundred of resin , phr) of poly(methyl methacrylate)-encapsulated nanosilica (PMMA-nSiO2). The nanolatex of PMMA-nSiO2 was synthesized via in situ differential microemulsion polymerization. The obtained PMMA-nSiO2 showed a core-shell morphology with nSiO2 as a core and PMMA as a shell, having an average diameter of 43.4nm. The influences of the EVA and PMMA-nSiO2 on the impact strength and the tensile properties of the PLA/EVA nanocomposites were studied and compared. It is found that the impact strength and the tensile properties of the 90/10 (w/w) PLA/EVA were improved with the appropriate amounts of the EVA and PMMA-nSiO2.


RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (76) ◽  
pp. 72681-72691 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. H. Sangeetha ◽  
Ravi babu Valapa ◽  
S. K. Nayak ◽  
T. O. Varghese

Effect of hydrolysed EVA on PLA ternary blend systems.


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