Water transport and clustering behavior in homopolymer and graft copolymer polylactide

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 396, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-56

  Du, An ^a   Koo, Donghun ^a   Theryo, Grayce ^b   Hillmyer, Marc A ^b   Cairncross, Richard A ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Polylactide; Water sorption

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; CONDUCTION CALORIMETRY; D , L-LACTIDE; POLY LACTIDE; POLYMER CHAINS; PRESENCE OF WATER; SORPTION ENTHALPY; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; THERMAL POWER; TO CURVE; VAN'T HOFF; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER CLUSTER; WATER DIFFUSIVITY; WATER MOLECULE; WATER SORPTION; WATER TRANSPORT;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ENTHALPY; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); METHANOL; MOLECULES; QUARTZ; TERPOLYMERS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SORPTION;

COPOLYMER; HOMOPOLYMER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTHALPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84857053542     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.030     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Garlotta D. A literature review of poly(lactic acid). J. Polym. Environ. 2001, 9:63-84.
2. Oliveira N.S., Dorgan J., Coutinho J.A.P., Ferreira A., Daridon J.L., Marrucho I.M. Gas solubility of carbon dioxide in poly(lactic acid) at high pressures: thermal treatment effect. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 2007, 45:616-625.
3. Oliveira N.S., Goncalves C.M., Coutinho J.A.P., Ferreira A., Dorgan J., Marrucho I.M. Carbon dioxide, ethylene and water vapor sorption in poly(lactic acid). Fluid Phase Equilib. 2006, 250:116-124.
4. Oliveira N.S., Oliveira J., Gomes T., Ferreira A., Dorgan J., Marrucho I.M. Gas sorption in poly(lactic acid) and packaging materials. Fluid Phase Equilib. 2004, 222:317-324.
5. Cairncross R.A., Ramaswamy S., O'Connor R. Moisture sorption and transport in polylactide. Int. Polym. Process. 2007, 22:33-37.
6. Li G., Li H., Turng L.S., Gong S., Zhang C. Measurement of gas solubility and diffusivity in polylactide. Fluid Phase Equilib. 2006, 246:158-166.
7. Du A., Koo D., Ziegler M., Cairncross R.A. The effect of heat treatment on water sorption in polylactide and polylactide composites via changes in glass-transition temperature and crystallization kinetics. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 2011, 49:873-881.
8. Modesti M., Dall'Acqua C., Lorenzetti A., Florian E. Mathematical model and experimental validation of water cluster influence upon vapour permeation through hydrophilic dense membrane. J. Membr. Sci. 2004, 229:211-223.
9. Jacobs P.M., Jones F.R. Diffusion of moisture into two-phase polymers. Part 3. Clustering of water in polyester resins. J. Mater. Sci. 1990, 25:2471-2475.
10. Siparsky G.L., Voorhees K.J., Dorgan J.R., Schilling K. Water transport in polylactic acid (PLA), PLA/polycaprolactone copolymers, and PLA polyethylene glycol blends. J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 1997, 5:125-136.
11. Starkweather H.W. Clustering of water in polymers. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Lett. 1963, 1:133-138.
12. Tabi T., Sajo I.E., Szabo F., Luyt A.S., Kovacs J.G. Crystalline structure of annealed polylactic acid and its relation to processing. Express Polym. Lett. 2010, 4:659-668.
13. Yoon J.S., Jung H.W., Kim M.N., Park E.S. Diffusion coefficient and equilibrium solubility of water molecules in biodegradable polymers. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2000, 77:1716-1722.
14. Smith A.L., Ashcraft J.N., Hammond P.T. Sorption isotherms, sorption enthalpies, diffusion coefficients and permeabilities of water in a multilayer PEO/PAA polymer film using the quartz crystal microbalance/heat conduction calorimeter. Thermochim. Acta 2006, 450:118-125.
15. Wu T.M., Chiang M.F. Fabrication and characterization of biodegradable poly(lactic acid)/layered silicate nanocomposites. Polym. Eng. Sci. 2005, 45:1615-1621.
16. Lasagabaster A., Abad M.J., Barral L., Ares A., Bouza R. Application of FTIR spectroscopy to determine transport properties and water-polymer interactions in polypropylene (PP)/poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) (EVOH) blend films: effect of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) content and water activity. Polymer 2009, 50:2981-2989.
17. Zimm B.H. Simplified relation between thermodynamics and molecular distribution functions for a mixture. J. Chem. Phys. 1953, 21:934-935.
18. Favre E., Nguyen Q.T., Clement R., Neel J. The engaged species induced clustering (ENSIC) model: a unified mechanistic approach of sorption phenomena in polymers. J. Membr. Sci. 1996, 117:227-236.
19. Favre E., Nguyen Q.T., Schaetzel P., Clement R., Neel J. Sorption of organic-solvents into dense silicone membranes. 2. (vol. 89, 1993, p. 4347). J. Chem. Soc.-Faraday Trans. 1994, 90. 2001-2001.
20. Theryo G., Jing F., Pitet L.M., Hillmyer M.A. Tough polylactide graft copolymers. Macromolecules 2010, 43:7394-7397.
21. Smith A.L., Mulligan R.B., Shirazi H.M. Determining the effects of vapor sorption in polymers with the quartz crystal microbalance/heat conduction calorimeter. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 2004, 42:3893-3906.
22. Smith A.L., Shirazi H.M. Principles of quartz crystal microbalance/heat conduction calorimetry: measurement of the sorption enthalpy of hydrogen in palladium. Thermochim. Acta 2005, 432:202-211.
23. Sharp J.S., Forrest J.A., Jones R.A.L. Swelling of poly(dl-lactide) and polylactide-co-glycolide in humid environments. Macromolecules 2001, 34:8752-8760.
24. Wadso L., Smith A.L., Shirazi H., Mulligan S.R., Hofelich T. The isothermal heat conduction calorimeter: a versatile instrument for studying processes in physics, chemistry, and biology. J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78:1080-1086.
25. Davis E.M., Theryo G., Hillmyer M.A., Cairncross R.A., Elabd Y.A. Liquid water transport in polylactide homo and graft copolymers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2011, 3:3997-4006.