Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol.60, No.7, 1676-1685, 2020
Double yielding behavior of in situ microfibrillar polyolefin elastomer/poly(lactic acid) composites: Effect of microfibrillar morphology
In situ microfibrillar composites (MFCs), with polyolefin elastomer as matrix and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) as dispersed phase, were successfully prepared using multistage stretching extrusion system. Interestingly, a peculiar phenomenon of double yielding was observed on the stress-strain curves of MFCs under tensile loading for the first time. The MFCs with 20 wt% PLA microfibrils exhibited two distinct yield points, and a pronounced hump appeared on the stress-strain curve of PLA-20. Two-dimensional small-angle X-ray scattering analyses showed that the equatorial streak scattering became stronger with increase in PLA microfibrillar content; the meridional scattering trace became stronger with increase in tensile strain for PLA-20. The rheological analysis showed that theG ' of PLA-20 had a plateau in the low frequency region and did not depend on frequency changes.
Keywords:double yielding behavior;in situ microfibrillar composite;morphology;poly(lactic acid);polyolefin elastomer