@inproceedings{c2d77ad8357a4995a8a6a379390eaee6,
title = "Phase transitions and compatibility for biodegradable PLA/PBS blends",
abstract = "Biodegradable Poly(latic acid)(PLA)/Poly(butylene succinate)(PBS) polyblend herein were blended by a melt-blending process to develop a biodegradable thermal plastic elastomer. The phase transitions and compatibility for PLA/PBS polyblend were tested by DMA and DSC. The PLA/PBS blends on the DSC present three transition regions, PBS glass transition region at -31∼-37° C, PLA glass transition region at 52∼58°C, and PBS melt-crystal region at 108∼110°, which indicating that the PLA/PBS blends occur phase separation resulted from nucleation and growth. The glass transition regions for PLA/PBS blends have no obvious change in the DMA. Thus, the PLA/PBS blends possess two-phase separation morphology due to low compatibility. Furthermore, the Tan δ values were increase with the increase of PBS content, indicating that the toughness and impact resistance for PLA/PBS have obvious improvement.",
keywords = "Blends, Compatibility, Phase separation, Poly(butylene succinate), Poly(latic acid)",
author = "Tsi, {Hung Yi} and Tsen, {Wen Chin} and Shu, {Yao Chi} and Chen, {Chien Chung} and Chuang, {Fu Sheng}",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781632660756",
series = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010",
publisher = "ACCM-7 Organizing Committee",
pages = "1364--1367",
booktitle = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010",
note = "7th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials 2010, ACCM 2010 ; Conference date: 15-11-2010 Through 18-11-2010",
}