Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.101, No.3, 1664-1669, 2006
Improvement of processability of clay/polylactide nanocomposites by a combinational method: In situ polymerization of L-lactide and melt compounding of polylactide
A modified clay/polylactide nanocomposite was prepared. The clay was modified by grafting polylactide chains onto the surface of clay. The modified clay was melt-compounded with a high-molecular-weight polylactide matrix. This novel clay/polylactide nanocomposite showed high shear-thinning behavior when the molecular weight of the grafted poly(L-lactide) was rather high. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.