Candau Nicolas, Oguz Oguzhan, León Albiter Noel, Förster Gero, Maspoch Maria Lluïsa
Centre Català del Plàstic (CCP), Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona Tech (EEBE-UPC), Av. D'Eduard Maristany 16, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Materials Science and Nano Engineering, Sabanci University, 34956 Istanbul, Turkey.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 May 6;13(9):1496. doi: 10.3390/polym13091496.
Poly (Lactic Acid) (PLA)/Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) blends using Dicumyl peroxide (DCP) as a crosslinking agent were prepared with the following aims: propose a new route to recycle wastes rubber from the automotive industry and improve the toughness and impact strength of the inherently brittle bio-based PLA. The GTR were subjected to two types of grinding process (cryo- and dry ambient grinding). Swelling measurements revealed the grinding to be associated with a mechanical damage of the rubber chains, independently on the type of grinding or on the GTR size (from <400 µm to <63 µm). Moreover, the finest GTR contains the largest amount of reinforcing elements (carbon black, clay) that can be advantageously used in PLA/GTR blends. Indeed, the use of the finest cryo-grinded GTR in the presence of DCP showed the least decrease of the tensile strength (-30%); maintenance of the tensile modulus and the largest improvement of the strain at break (+80%), energy at break (+60%) and impact strength (+90%) as compared to the neat PLA. The results were attributed to the good dispersion of both fine GTR and clay particles into the PLA matrix. Moreover, a possible re-crosslinking of the GTR particles and/or co-crosslinking at PLA/GTR interface in presence of DCP is expected to contribute to such improved ductility and impact strength.
以过氧化二异丙苯(DCP)作为交联剂制备了聚乳酸(PLA)/磨碎轮胎橡胶(GTR)共混物,其目的如下:提出一种回收汽车工业废橡胶的新途径,并提高本质上脆性的生物基聚乳酸的韧性和冲击强度。对GTR进行了两种研磨工艺(低温研磨和常温干式研磨)。溶胀测量结果表明,无论研磨类型或GTR尺寸(从<400 µm至<63 µm)如何,研磨都会导致橡胶链发生机械损伤。此外,最细的GTR含有最多的增强元素(炭黑、粘土),这些元素可有利地用于PLA/GTR共混物中。事实上,在DCP存在的情况下使用最细的低温研磨GTR时,拉伸强度下降最少(-30%);与纯PLA相比,拉伸模量保持不变,断裂应变(+80%)、断裂能(+60%)和冲击强度(+90%)提高幅度最大。这些结果归因于细GTR和粘土颗粒在PLA基体中的良好分散。此外,预计在DCP存在的情况下,GTR颗粒可能发生重新交联和/或在PLA/GTR界面处发生共交联,从而有助于提高延展性和冲击强度。