Confinement Effect in Multilayer Films Made from Semicrystalline and Bio-Based Polyamide and Polylactic Acid - École Universitaire de Recherche (EUR) XL-Chem
Article Dans Une Revue ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Année : 2024

Confinement Effect in Multilayer Films Made from Semicrystalline and Bio-Based Polyamide and Polylactic Acid

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Bio-based multilayer films were prepared by using the innovative nanolayer coextrusion process to produce films with a number of alternating layers varying from 3 to 2049. For the first time, a semicrystalline polymer was confined by another semicrystalline polymer by nanolayering in order to develop high barrier polyamide (PA11)/polylactic acid (PLA) films without compromising thermal stability and mechanical behavior. This process allows the preparation of nanostratified films with thin layers (down to nanometric thicknesses) in which a confinement effect can be induced. The stratified structure has been investigated, and the layer thicknesses have been measured. Barrier properties were successfully correlated to the microstructure, as well as the thermal behavior, and mechanical properties. The layer continuity was fully achieved for most of the films, but some layer breakups have been observed on the film with the thinnest PLA layer (2049-layers film). Coextruding PLA with PA11 has induced an increase in PLA crystallinity (from 4 to 16%) along with an increase in thermal stability of the multilayer films without impacting PA11 properties. Gas barrier properties were driven by the PLA confined layers due to the microstructural rearrangement by increasing crystallinity, whereas water barrier properties were governed by the PA11 confining layers due to its lower water affinity. As a consequence, a decrease of water permeability (up to 11 times less permeable for the 6M film) but an increase of gas barrier properties (barrier improvement factor (BIF) of 66% for the 0M film for N2 and BIF of 36% for the 6M film for CO2 for instance) were evidenced as the layer number was increased. This study paves the way for the development of ecofriendly materials with outstanding barrier performances and highlights the importance of nonmiscible polymers adhesion at melt state and additives presence.
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hal-04679827 , version 1 (26-09-2024)

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Guillaume Le Cras, Louise Hespel, Cyrille Sollogoub, Stéphane Marais, Alain Guinault, et al.. Confinement Effect in Multilayer Films Made from Semicrystalline and Bio-Based Polyamide and Polylactic Acid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16 (33), pp.43961-43978. ⟨10.1021/acsami.4c07839⟩. ⟨hal-04679827⟩
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