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Crystallization and thermal behaviour of optically pure polylactides and their blends

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Lactic acid based polymers of medical grade were crystallized under isothermal and non-isothermal conditions from the melt. Optically pure enantiomeric polylactides, Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) and Poly(D-lactide) (PDLA), are found to crystallize as α crystalline form. PLLA/PDLA blends were prepared by a melt mixing process and during solidification yielded both lower melting α homocrystallites and higher melting stereocomplex crystallites. The effects of isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization conditions on developed polymorphism and degree of crystallinity are evaluated for PLLA/PDLA blends.

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  1. Departamento de Ingeniería Minera y Metalúrgica y Ciencia de los Materiales, Universidad del País Vasco (EHU-UPV), Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería, 48013, Bilbao, Sp

    J. R. Sarasua & A. López Arraiza

  2. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y Materiales, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNa-NUP), Campus Arrosadia, 31006, Iruña, Sp

    P. Balerdi

  3. Departamento de Materiales Orgánicos, Fundación CETENASA, 31110, Noain, Sp

    I. Maiza

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Sarasua, J.R., Arraiza, A.L., Balerdi, P. et al. Crystallization and thermal behaviour of optically pure polylactides and their blends. J Mater Sci 40, 1855–1862 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-005-1204-8

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