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  • Innovative Synthesis of Durable Polylactic Acid-Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomer Composites for Three-Dimensional Printing Applications

  • Xiaojie Zhang, Jianhua Xiao*, Jin Kuk Kim**, Jeong Seok Oh**,† , and Jinho Lee***,†

  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang 330000, China
    *School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
    **Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
    ***Department of Physics Education and the Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea

  • 3D 프린팅 응용을 위한 내구성 있는 Polylactic Acid - 열가소성 폴리우레탄 탄성체 복합물의 합성

  • Xiaojie Zhang · Jianhua Xiao* · 김진국** · 오정석**,† · 이진호***,†

  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang Hangkong University *School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science **경상국립대학교 나노신소재융합공학과 ***경상국립대학교 물리교육과

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Abstract

The functionalization of polylactic acid (PLA) is examined by grafting cardanol onto its main backbone chain through a dynamic reaction to improve compatibility between PLA and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). Cardanol-grafted PLA (PLAC)/TPU blend-based filaments for fused deposition modeling are tested using melt extrusion. Effects of PLAC grafting ratio on the rheological properties and thermal transformation of the PLAC/TPU blends and the mechanical properties of three-dimensional-printed parts are investigated. A decrease in the glass transition temperature and crystallinity from differential scanning calorimetry are observed with increasing cardanol concentration, implying improved miscibility between PLAC and TPU and as a result, PLAC/TPU blends exhibit improved toughness.


PLA와 열가소성 폴리우레탄(TPU) 간의 호환성을 향상시키기 위해 동적 반응을 통해 cardanol을 주요 백본 체인에 그래프팅하였다. Cardanol-grafted PLA(PLAC)/TPU 혼합 기반 필라멘트는 용융 압출을 사용하여 테스트되었고 PLAC 그래프팅 비율이 PLAC/TPU 혼합물의 유변학적 특성 및 열 변형과 3 차원 인쇄 부품의 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. Cardanol 농도가 증가함에 따라 유리 전이 온도가 감소하는 것을 확인하였고 differential scanning calorimetry 측정으로 결정성 감소가 관찰되어 PLA 와 TPU 간의 혼화성이 향상되었으며 결과적으로 PLAC/TPU 블렌드의 향상된 인성을 볼 수 있었다.


Keywords: cardanol, polylactic acid, fused deposition modeling, 3D printing, dynamic reaction.

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2023 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2023; 47(6): 711-719

    Published online Nov 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.6.711
  • Received on May 31, 2023
  • Revised on Aug 15, 2023
  • Accepted on Aug 17, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Jeong Seok Oh** , and Jinho Lee***

  • **Department of Materials Engineering and Convergence Technology, Engineering Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
    ***Department of Physics Education and the Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea

  • E-mail: ohjs@gnu.ac.kr, lee.phys.edu@gnu.ac.kr