Oyama H.T. – TechConnect Briefs

Highly Crystalline Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) Alloys Containing Stereocomplexes

Oyama H.T., Abe S., Rikkyo University, JP

Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is known as a bio-based polymer, which usually has low heat tolerance. Furthermore, the brittleness of PLA limits its applications. It is reported that the melting temperature (Tm) of crystalline stereocomplexes (sc) [...]

Thermal and Morphological Study of a New Type of Nanocomposites: Functionalized PP / PA / Clay Nanocomposites

Oyama H.T., Oono Y., Nakayama K., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), JP

In the present work we explore a new type of nanocom- posite, in which clay is distributed in a multi-phase polymer system. Our nanocomposites consist of an immiscible polymer pair, polypropylene grafted with maleic anhydride [...]