Epoxidized Jatropha Oil as a Sustainable Plasticizer to Poly(lactic Acid)

A renewable resource, epoxidized jatropha oil (EJO), was used as a green plasticizer and added to poly(lactic acid) (PLA). EJO was compounded into PLA at different contents. The addition of 3 wt % EJO to the PLA demonstrates significant improvement in flexibility, which leads to a percentage increase of about 7000% in elongation at break. This tensile result was confirmed by surface morphology analysis with clear proof of plastic deformation in EJO-plasticized PLA. EJO imparts a good heat stabilization effect. Thermal stability of PLA was enhanced upon addition of EJO, which is due to their good interaction and plasticizer dispersion within the PLA matrix. This EJO-plasticized PLA has wide applications in various industries, such as packaging of food and non-food products.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Polymers

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3390/polym9060204PMID 30970882PMCID 6431865
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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