Bingrui Yang , Tengfei Fan , Yixuan Mao, Jixi Chen, Botuo Zheng, Yu Sheng, Huagui Zhang
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Abstract
To address the increasing global plastic pollution while the reducing oil supply, the biodegradable and bio-derived poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has been developed and considered to be the most promising substitute of petroleum-based plastics. However, the severe brittleness of PLA has become the obstacle of its broad application. Blending modification with poly(butylene-adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) has been proved to be an potentially feasible strategy to toughen PLA, but conflicted by the poor compatibility between PLA and PBAT. To tackle the problem, a comb-type clay-based Janus nanosheet of poly(methyl methacrylate- kaolinite- poly(butylene-adipate-co-terephthalate) (PMMA-Kaol-PBAT) was prepared by selectively grafting PMMA and PBAT separately on either sides of kaolinite Janus nanosheets (JNS). PBAT was functionalized with quaternary amine via aminolysis before being cation-exchanged onto the siloxane tetrahedral surface (STS) side of kaolinite nanosheets, while PMMA chains were grafted onto the aluminoxyl octahedral surface (AOS) side after a beforehand surface modification with the silane coupling agent KH-570. Introduced in the PLA/PBAT blend system, the PMMA-Kaol-PBAT was found to enrich at the interface, enhancing the phase compatibility with the phase separation and aggregation inhibited during the film coating and annealing process.
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Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects is an international journal devoted to the science underlying applications of colloids and interfacial phenomena.
The journal aims at publishing high quality research papers featuring new materials or new insights into the role of colloid and interface science in (for example) food, energy, minerals processing, pharmaceuticals or the environment.