PMID- 37177376
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230515
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023 May 8
TI  - Investigation of the Effects of Chain Extender on Material Properties of PLA/PCL 
      and PLA/PEG Blends: Comparative Study between Polycaprolactone and Polyethylene 
      Glycol.
LID - 10.3390/polym15092230 [doi]
LID - 2230
AB  - This study investigated the effect of the Joncryl concentration on the properties 
      of polylactide/poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PLA/PCL) and PLA/poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) 
      blends. The addition of Joncryl influenced the properties of both PLA-based 
      blends. In the blend of PLA/PCL blends, the addition of Joncryl reduced the size 
      of PCL droplets, which implies the compatibility of the two phases, while PLA/PEG 
      blends showed a co-continuous type of morphology at 0.1% and 0.3 wt.% of Joncryl 
      loading. The crystallinity of PCL and PEG was studied on both PLA/PCL and PLA/PEG 
      blend systems. In both scenarios, the crystallinity of the blends decreased upon 
      the addition of Joncryl. Thermal stabilities were shown to depend on the addition 
      of Joncryl. The toughness increased when 0.5 wt.% of Joncryl was added to both 
      systems. However, the stiffness of PLA/PCL decreased, while the stiffness of 
      PLA/PEG increased with the increasing concentration of Joncryl. This study 
      provides new insight into the effect of chain extenders on the compatibility of 
      PLA-based blends.
FAU - Matumba, Karabo Innocent
AU  - Matumba KI
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7283-2856
AD  - Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology 
      Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, 
      South Africa.
AD  - Institute of NanoEngineering Research, Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and 
      Materials Engineering (Polymer Division), Tshwane University of Technology, 
      Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
FAU - Motloung, Mpho Phillip
AU  - Motloung MP
AD  - Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology 
      Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, 
      South Africa.
AD  - Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, 
      South Africa.
FAU - Ojijo, Vincent
AU  - Ojijo V
AD  - Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology 
      Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, 
      South Africa.
FAU - Ray, Suprakas Sinha
AU  - Ray SS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0007-2595
AD  - Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology 
      Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, 
      South Africa.
AD  - Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2028, 
      South Africa.
FAU - Sadiku, Emmanuel Rotimi
AU  - Sadiku ER
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8504-1041
AD  - Institute of NanoEngineering Research, Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and 
      Materials Engineering (Polymer Division), Tshwane University of Technology, 
      Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
LA  - eng
GR  - C6ACH20/Department of Science and Innovation/
GR  - 086ADMIN/Council for Scientific and Industrial Research/
GR  - L587/Tshwane University of Technology/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230508
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC10181129
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - PCL
OT  - PEG
OT  - PLA
OT  - blends
OT  - chain extender
OT  - mechanical properties
OT  - morphology
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/05/13 15:13
MHDA- 2023/05/13 15:14
PMCR- 2023/05/08
CRDT- 2023/05/13 01:38
PHST- 2023/02/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/04/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/05/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/05/13 15:14 [medline]
PHST- 2023/05/13 15:13 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/05/13 01:38 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym15092230 [pii]
AID - polymers-15-02230 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym15092230 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2023 May 8;15(9):2230. doi: 10.3390/polym15092230.