One-step reactive processing for branching of polylactide

V FEIGL; LUCÍA N. SCHMIDT; MARCELO D. FAILLA; LIDIA M. QUINZANI; JORGE A. GUAPACHA

Congreso; WCCE11- 11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering; 2023

Polylactide acid (PLA) is one of the most widely usedbiopolymers. One way to extend its applications is modify themolecular structure from linear to branched, and thismodification can be achieved by post-polymerization process. Inthis work, PLA molten is chemically modify by reactive mixingusing an initiator and a crosslinking agent.