Epoxidized Jatropha Oil as a Sustainable Plasticizer to Poly(lactic Acid)

A renewable resource, epoxidized jatropha oil (EJO), was used as a green plasticizer and added to poly(lactic acid) (PLA). EJO was compounded into PLA at different contents. The addition of 3 wt % EJO to the PLA demonstrates significant improvement in flexibility, which leads to a percentage increas...

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Autores principales: Chieng, Buong Woei, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa, Then, Yoon Yee, Loo, Yuet Ying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970882
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9060204
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author Chieng, Buong Woei
Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
Then, Yoon Yee
Loo, Yuet Ying
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description A renewable resource, epoxidized jatropha oil (EJO), was used as a green plasticizer and added to poly(lactic acid) (PLA). EJO was compounded into PLA at different contents. The addition of 3 wt % EJO to the PLA demonstrates significant improvement in flexibility, which leads to a percentage increase of about 7000% in elongation at break. This tensile result was confirmed by surface morphology analysis with clear proof of plastic deformation in EJO-plasticized PLA. EJO imparts a good heat stabilization effect. Thermal stability of PLA was enhanced upon addition of EJO, which is due to their good interaction and plasticizer dispersion within the PLA matrix. This EJO-plasticized PLA has wide applications in various industries, such as packaging of food and non-food products.
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spelling pubmed-64318652019-04-02 Epoxidized Jatropha Oil as a Sustainable Plasticizer to Poly(lactic Acid) Chieng, Buong Woei Ibrahim, Nor Azowa Then, Yoon Yee Loo, Yuet Ying Polymers (Basel) Article A renewable resource, epoxidized jatropha oil (EJO), was used as a green plasticizer and added to poly(lactic acid) (PLA). EJO was compounded into PLA at different contents. The addition of 3 wt % EJO to the PLA demonstrates significant improvement in flexibility, which leads to a percentage increase of about 7000% in elongation at break. This tensile result was confirmed by surface morphology analysis with clear proof of plastic deformation in EJO-plasticized PLA. EJO imparts a good heat stabilization effect. Thermal stability of PLA was enhanced upon addition of EJO, which is due to their good interaction and plasticizer dispersion within the PLA matrix. This EJO-plasticized PLA has wide applications in various industries, such as packaging of food and non-food products. MDPI 2017-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6431865/ /pubmed/30970882 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9060204 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6431865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30970882
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym9060204
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