Effect of blend ratio and nanofiller localization on the thermal degradation of graphite nanoplatelets-modified PLA/PCL

• Published in: Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Vol. 136; no. 6; pp. 2373 - 2382
• Main Authors: Luyt, Adriaan Stephanus, Kelnar, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Analytical Chemistry; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Crystallization; Free radicals; Graphite; Inorganic Chemistry; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Morphology; Nanocomposites; Nitrogen; Physical Chemistry; Polylactic acid; Polymer matrix composites; Polymer Sciences; Polymers; Scanning electron microscopy; Thermal degradation; Graphite nanoplatelets; Nanocomposites; PLA–PCL blends; Morphology; Crystallization; Thermal degradation

A variety of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-poly( ε -caprolactone) (PCL) samples with different PLA:PCL ratios, containing different contents of graphite nanoplatelets (GrP), were analysed in a thermogravimetric analyser (TG) under, respectively, nitrogen and oxygen atmospheres, and in a differential scann...