CN113025014A - Nucleating agent for polylactic acid and application method thereof - Google Patents

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CN113025014A
CN113025014A CN202011257455.3A CN202011257455A CN113025014A CN 113025014 A CN113025014 A CN 113025014A CN 202011257455 A CN202011257455 A CN 202011257455A CN 113025014 A CN113025014 A CN 113025014A
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The invention relates to a nucleating agent for polylactic acid and an application method thereof. The nucleating agent is polyhydroxy compound, and is directly melt blended with polylactic acid in the processing process or added in situ in the polylactic acid synthesis process, so that the aim of regulating and controlling the crystallization behavior of the polylactic acid is fulfilled. The nucleating agent can simultaneously improve the crystallization temperature, the crystallinity and the crystallization rate of the polylactic acid. By adopting the conventional processing technology, the polylactic acid product does not need additional annealing treatment, and the heat resistance of the polylactic acid product can be greatly improved. Provides a simple and efficient way for solving the problem of poor heat resistance of the polylactic acid.

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Nucleating agent for polylactic acid and application method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to a crystallization behavior of polylactic acid and a heat resistance regulation technology thereof, and particularly relates to a method for promoting crystallization of polylactic acid and improving heat resistance thereof by using a polyhydroxy compound as a nucleating agent of the polylactic acid.
Background
The polylactic acid has the potential of replacing conventional plastics by virtue of good biodegradability, biocompatibility and mechanical properties, but the consumption amount and the application field of the polylactic acid are far inferior to those of general plastics. The reason is that some problems still remain to be solved in polylactic acid: like most aliphatic polyesters, polylactic acid has weak crystallization ability, slow crystallization rate, low crystallinity, and poor adaptability to processing conditions. The film is mainly formed by injection molding, tape casting and other processes, and is not easy to blow film. In addition, the polylactic acid product has high brittleness and low elongation at break, and especially has poor heat resistance (generally the using temperature is not more than 60 ℃), which limits the application of polylactic acid in the field of high heat resistance and becomes a difficult problem which troubles academia and industry for many years. At present, polylactic acid cannot be used in the fields of engineering plastics such as food takeaway lunch boxes, biomedical materials, electric appliances, automotive interiors and the like with heat-resistant requirements. Therefore, it is very important to improve the crystallization property and heat resistance of polylactic acid to widen its application field.
The heat resistance of a crystalline polymer is closely related to its crystallization behavior and crystallinity. At present, the most effective way for improving the heat resistance of polylactic acid is to blend levorotatory polylactic acid (PLLA) and dextrorotatory polylactic acid (PDLA) in an equimolar ratio to form a stereo-complex crystal (SC), wherein the melting point of the SC can reach 220-230 ℃, and the heat resistance is obviously improved. However, when the molecular weight exceeds a certain threshold, the formation of stereocomplex crystals is hindered; and the cost of the poly-D-lactic acid is higher, the relative dosage is large (equal molar ratio), and the traditional melting process is not suitable for the formation of the stereo complex crystal. Subsequently, researchers have attempted to improve the crystallization rate and tensile strength of polylactic acid using stereocomplex crystals as nucleating agents and crosslinking points. However, once the processing temperature exceeds the melting point of the stereocomplex crystal, the stereocomplex structure is destroyed and cannot be recovered [ Polymer Reviews, 2016, 56(2), 262-. It is obvious that the melting point of polylactic acid can be increased by the stereocomplex technique route, but it is difficult to realize industrialization.
There are other methods for improving the heat resistance of polylactic acid, such as copolymerization, blending, nanoparticle or fiber filling, and increasing crystallinity, etc. The components introduced by the modes of copolymerization, blending, filling and the like have high content, so that the degradation of the polylactic acid is influenced, and the application of the polylactic acid in the field with high requirements on biological safety is limited. Further, the Heat Distortion Temperature (HDT) of the article is still 100 ℃ or lower, and there is a case where the mechanical properties are lowered. Therefore, improving the crystallinity of polylactic acid by controlling the crystallization behavior of polylactic acid is the most effective method for solving the heat resistance defect of polylactic acid.
In recent years, much research on the regulation of the crystallization behavior of polylactic acid focuses on a simpler and more efficient method, namely adding a nucleating agent. The inorganic nucleating agent for polylactic acid is mainly nano particle and nano layered material, including talcum powder, sepiolite, modified montmorillonite, carbon nanotube, etc. These nucleating agents have a significant nucleating effect, but generally do not increase in crystallinity.
The organic nucleating agent used for polylactic acid has various molecular structures. The main reports to date are amides, hydrazines and hydrazides, phenylphosphates, branched polylactic acids, amino acids and polyamino acids. In addition, there are also some biobased materials and their derivatives that can be used as nucleating agents for polylactic acid, such as: orotic acid, cyclodextrin, ramie fiber, wood powder, etc.
Although various nucleating agents can improve the crystallization rate and the non-isothermal crystallization rate of the polylactic acid to different degrees, the crystallinity of the polylactic acid is generally not more than 30 percent in the temperature reduction process, the heat distortion temperature can be only improved to 60-70 ℃ from about 55 ℃, and the limited improvement range has little practical significance. In order to further improve the heat resistance of polylactic acid, it is necessary to add a nucleating agent and then to perform annealing treatment, and further improve the crystallinity by the cold crystallization process [ ACS Applied Materials & processes, 2015,7 (21): 11203-14]. It was found that the annealing treatment can raise the heat resistant temperature of the polylactic acid to 120 ℃ or higher [ Journal of Applied Polymer Science,2019,136(8) ], but the annealing treatment not only increases the complexity of the production process but also greatly reduces the production efficiency. At present, the heat resistance of polylactic acid regulated by a nucleating agent is not satisfactory.
Therefore, there is a need to find a nucleating agent which can adapt to the conventional melt processing technology and can significantly improve the heat resistance of polylactic acid without annealing treatment.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defect of poor heat resistance of polylactic acid in practical use, discloses a polyhydroxy compound as a polylactic acid nucleating agent, can simultaneously improve the crystallization temperature, the crystallinity and the crystallization rate of the polylactic acid, can improve the processability of the polylactic acid, and can greatly improve the heat resistance of the polylactic acid without annealing treatment.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
polyhydroxy compound is used as nucleating agent of polylactic acid. The amount of the nucleating agent in the polylactic acid is less than 2.0 percent (mass), and preferably 0.1 to 1.0 percent (mass).
The polyol nucleating agent has a melting point of less than 170 ℃ and comprises: d-sorbitol, D-mannitol, D-glucose, D-arabitol, xylitol, threitol, heptatol, maltitol, isomalt, lactitol, and the like, but is not limited to the above-listed polyols.
The polylactic acid is L-polylactic acid, wherein the content of D-lactic acid is less than 2%.
The application method of the polyhydroxy compound as the nucleating agent of the polylactic acid comprises the following steps:
the application method of the nucleating agent comprises two modes: one is that the dispersion of the nucleating agent in the polylactic acid matrix is realized by melt blending in the polylactic acid processing process; the other is added in situ during the polylactic acid synthesis. The addition of the nucleating agent can simultaneously improve the crystallization temperature, the crystallinity and the crystallization speed of the polylactic acid, obviously shorten the processing period and obviously improve the heat resistance of the polylactic acid under the condition of not annealing treatment.
Through the technical scheme of the invention, the following advantages can be brought:
the invention discloses a novel nucleating agent which takes polyhydroxy compound as the nucleating agent of polylactic acid, can play an excellent nucleating role, thereby effectively improving the heat resistance and the service performance of the polylactic acid.
Compared with inorganic nucleating agents and organic nucleating agents, the nucleating agents are mostly derived from biological base materials, can be safely metabolized in human bodies, have no toxic or side effect on the application of polylactic acid in the fields of heat-resistant food packaging and biomedicine, and have outstanding green and biological safety advantages. From the aspect of processing, the nucleating agent has good compatibility with polylactic acid and is easily and uniformly dispersed in a polylactic acid matrix.
The present invention is further illustrated by the following specific embodiments, which are not meant to limit the scope of the invention.
Detailed Description
The crystallization temperature in the following examples is the temperature of the sample after mixing, and the Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) is used to raise the temperature to eliminate the heat history, and then the crystallization peak temperature (the temperature reduction rate is 10 ℃/min) is measured in the programmed temperature reduction process; the crystallinity is an injection molding product, and is calculated by a DSC direct temperature rise test (the temperature rise rate is 10 ℃/min), and the calculation formula (1) is as follows:
Figure BDA0002774247830000031
wherein, Δ HmIs the enthalpy of fusion; Δ HccThe enthalpy of heat release when cold crystallization occurs;
Figure BDA0002774247830000032
is the standard melting enthalpy of polylactic acid, 93.7J/g;
Figure BDA0002774247830000033
is the mass fraction of the nucleating agent.
Example 1
The formula is as follows: d-sorbitol, 0.7% (mass), the balance polylactic acid.
Processing conditions are as follows: polyhydroxy compound (D-sorbitol) and polylactic acid in the formula are mixed for 8 minutes at the temperature of 190 ℃, then a sample is obtained by injection molding, and a differential scanning calorimeter and a heat distortion temperature tester are adopted to respectively test the crystallinity and the heat distortion temperature.
And (3) testing results: the crystallization temperature of the polylactic acid is increased from 94 ℃ when the polylactic acid is not modified to 110 ℃, and the crystallization rate is increased. The crystallinity of the sample is improved from 19 percent when the sample is not modified to 55 percent after nucleation modification; the heat distortion temperature increased from 58 ℃ when unmodified to 135 ℃.
Example 2
The formula is as follows: d-mannitol in an amount of 0.5% by mass, with the balance polylactic acid.
Processing conditions are as follows: the polyhydroxy compound (D-mannitol) in the formula and polylactic acid are mixed for 8 minutes at the temperature of 190 ℃, then a sample is obtained by injection molding, and a differential scanning calorimeter and a heat distortion temperature tester are adopted to respectively test the crystallinity and the heat distortion temperature.
And (3) testing results: the crystallization temperature of polylactic acid is increased from 94 ℃ when unmodified to 107 ℃, and the crystallization rate is increased. The crystallinity of the sample is improved from 19 percent when the sample is not modified to 46 percent after nucleation modification; the heat distortion temperature was increased from 58 ℃ when unmodified to 115 ℃.
Example 3
The formula is as follows: xylitol, 2% (mass), the balance polylactic acid.
Processing conditions are as follows: the polyol (xylitol) in the formulation was kneaded with polylactic acid at a temperature of 190 ℃ for 8 minutes, followed by injection molding to obtain a sample. And respectively testing the crystallinity and the thermal deformation temperature by adopting a differential scanning calorimetry calorimeter and a thermal deformation temperature tester.
And (3) testing results: the crystallization temperature of polylactic acid is increased from 94 ℃ when unmodified to 112 ℃, and the crystallization rate is increased. The crystallinity of the sample increased from 19% when unmodified to 53% after nucleation modification; the heat distortion temperature is increased from 58 ℃ when unmodified to 130 ℃.
Example 4
The formula is as follows: d-arabitol in an amount of 0.7 percent by mass, and the balance polylactic acid.
Processing conditions are as follows: the polyol (D-arabitol) in the formulation was kneaded with polylactic acid at a temperature of 190 ℃ for 8 minutes, followed by injection molding to obtain a sample. And respectively testing the crystallinity and the thermal deformation temperature by adopting a differential scanning calorimetry calorimeter and a thermal deformation temperature tester.
And (3) testing results: the crystallization temperature of polylactic acid is increased from 94 ℃ when unmodified to 109 ℃, and the crystallization rate is increased. The crystallinity of the sample is improved from 19 percent when the sample is not modified to 48 percent after nucleation modification; the heat distortion temperature increased from 58 ℃ when unmodified to 105 ℃.
In examples 1-4, the results of non-isothermal tests on polylactic acid with the nucleating agent added show that the crystallization temperature, the crystallinity and the crystallization rate are all significantly improved, the crystallization period is obviously reduced, and the heat resistance of the polylactic acid is greatly improved.

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1. The nucleating agent can simultaneously improve the crystallization temperature, the crystallinity and the crystallization rate of the polylactic acid, and is characterized in that: the polylactic acid is levorotatory polylactic acid (PLLA); the nucleating agent is polyhydroxy compound; the nucleating agent is added into the polylactic acid by means of blending or copolymerization.
2. Polylactic acid according to claim 1, characterized in that: the content of D-lactic acid in the L-polylactic acid is less than 2 percent.
3. The nucleating agent for polylactic acid according to claim 1, characterized in that: the polyhydroxy compounds in the present invention contain more than three hydroxyl groups per molecule and do not exclude other groups in the molecule.
4. The nucleating agent for polylactic acid according to claim 1, characterized in that: the melting point of the polyol nucleating agent is lower than 170 ℃; the polyol is exemplified by, but not limited to, those listed in Table 1.
TABLE 1 examples of polyols
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Figure FDA0002774247820000021
5. The nucleating agent for polylactic acid according to claim 1, characterized in that: the amount of the nucleating agent in the polylactic acid is less than 2.0 percent (mass), and preferably 0.1 to 1.0 percent (mass).
6. The method for applying polylactic acid nucleating agent according to claim 1, wherein: the application forms of the nucleating agent comprise two forms, namely, the nucleating agent and the polylactic acid are mixed by melt blending in the polylactic acid processing process; the other is added in situ during the synthesis of polylactic acid.
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