title: Dynamically vulcanized biobased polylactide/natural rubber blend material with continuous cross-linked rubber phase.
abstract: We prepared a biobased material, dynamically vulcanized polylactide (PLA)/natural rubber (NR) blend in which the cross-linked NR phase owned a continuous network-like dispersion. This finding breaks the traditional concept of a sea-island morphology formed after dynamic vulcanization of the blends. The scan electron microscopy and dissolution/swell experiments provided the direct proof of the continuous cross-linked NR phase. This new biobased PLA/NR blend material with the novel structure is reported for the first time in the field of dynamic vulcanization and shows promise for development for various functional applications.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Polymer Processing Engineering, Ministry of Education, and ‡College of Material Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China.
authors.forename: Yukun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Daosheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Chuanhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu