Improving Mechanical Properties for Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing of Poly(Lactic Acid) by Annealing and Blending with Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)

Autor: Lode Daelemans, Karen De Clerck, Dagmar R. D'hooge, Ludwig Cardon, Maling Gou, Sisi Wang, Rudinei Fiorio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Polymers
Polymers, Vol 11, Iss 9, p 1529 (2019)
Volume 11
Issue 9
POLYMERS
ISSN: 2073-4360
Popis: Based on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, polarizing microscope (POM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis, strategies to close the gap on applying conventional processing optimizations for the field of 3D printing and to specifically increase the mechanical performance of extrusion-based additive manufacturing of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) filaments by annealing and/or blending with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) were reported. For filament printing at 210 °
C, the PLA crystallinity increased significantly upon annealing. Specifically, for 2 h of annealing at 100 °
C, the fracture surface became sufficiently coarse such that the PLA notched impact strength increased significantly (15 kJ m&minus
2). The Vicat softening temperature (VST) increased to 160 °
C, starting from an annealing time of 0.5 h. Similar increases in VST were obtained by blending with PHB (20 wt.%) at a lower printing temperature of 190 °
C due to crystallization control. For the blend, the strain at break increased due to the presence of a second phase, with annealing only relevant for enhancing the modulus.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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