• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.473-481
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• 2014

Poly(lactide)s(PLA) is an attractive material to solve the problem of waste plastic accumulation in nature because of its biodegradability. The lactide exists in three stereoisomeric configurations: L-lactide, D-lactide, and meso-lactide. PLA stereocomplexes, formed by the mixing of two enantiomers, poly(L-lactide)(PLLA) and poly(D-lactide)(PDLA), have many favorable characteristics because the stereocomplex showed $50^{\circ}C$ higher melting point than each enantiomeric polymer and the resistance toward degradation increased. In this study, we investigated the influence of the composition and the optical purity of each component on the formation of stereocomplexes. Also, the nanofibers of stereochemical PLA and their blends were prepared by electrospinning method. The properties of the obtained fibers were analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry and scanning electron microscopy. The results showed that a degree of stereocomplex was controlled by change of optical purity of each component. The enzymatic degradation of the fibers were strongly dependent on the stereocomplex.

• 폴리머
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.309-314
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• 2012

생분해성 폴리락타이드의 분해속도를 조절하기 위하여 $d$-lactide와 $l$-lactide의 함량을 달리하여 다양한 stereochemical PLAs를 개환중합으로 합성하고 Langmuir 단분자막 장치를 이용하여 알칼리 분해속도를 측정하였다. 알칼리 수용액상에서 혼합 단분자막의 분해속도를 각 혼합고분자의 광학적 순도(100, 99, 97, 95%)의 항으로 측정하였다. 스테레오 콤플렉스에 기인하는 혼합물의 용융온도는 혼합물 성분의 광학적 순도가 증가함에 따라 증가하였다. 분해거동은 100% 광학적 순도를 가진 혼합물은 각 단일중합체보다 느린 분해속도를 나타내는 반면 다른 혼합물들은 2단계의 분해거동을 나타내었는데 1단계에서는 콤플렉스를 형성하지 않은 부분에서의 분해로 단일중합체에 비해 빠른 분해속도를 나타내었고 2단계에서는 100% 광학적 순도를 가진 혼합물과 유사하게 느린 분해속도를 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 폴리락타이드의 stereochemistry와 스테레오 콤플렉스를 이용하여 알칼리 분해속도를 조절할 수 있음을 의미한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.797-802
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• 2009

To control degradation rate of biodegradable poly(lactide)s (PLA), the stereochemical PLAs with different ratios of d-lactide and l-lactide units were synthesized by the ring open polymerization and the their degradation kinetics were measured by a Langmuir film balance. The alkaline (pH=11) degradation of poly(l-lactide) (l-PLA) monolayer showed the faster rate at a surface pressure of 4 mN/m in the ranges from to 0 to 7 mN/m. However, the enzymatic degradation of l-PLA with Proteinase K did not occur until 4 mN/m. Above a constant surface pressure of 4 mN/m, the degradation rate was increased with a constant surface pressure. These behaviors might be attributed to the difference in the contacted area with degradation medium: alkaline ions need small contact area with l-PLA while enzymes require much bigger one to be activated due to different medium sizes. The stereochmical PLA monolayers showed that the alkaline degradation was increased with their optical impurities while the enzymatic one was inversed. These results could be explained by the decrease of crystallinity with the optical impurity and the inactivity of enzyme to d-LA unit.