The article by Professor Hideto Tsuji et al., Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science appeared on the Supplementary Cover of ACS Applied Polymer Materials (American Chemical Society), 6/2019.
17 Jun 2019
The article by Professor Hideto Tsuji et al., Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science appeared on the Supplementary Cover of ACS Applied Polymer Materials (American Chemical Society), 6/2019.
The title of the article is "Stereocomplex Formation between Enantiomeric Alternating Lactic Acid-Based Copolymers as a Versatile Method for the Preparation of High Performance Biobased Biodegradable Materials". Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a biobased and biodegradable polymer. The stereocomplexed materials from enantiomeric poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(D-lactic acid) have attracted much attention as advanced PLA-based materials because of their superior mechanical performance as well as the thermal degradation resistance of stereocomplexed PLA materials compared to that of conventional PLA-based materials. In this article, stereocomplex formation between enantiomeric alternating lactic acid-based copolymers of poly(L-lactic acid-alt-glycolic acid) and poly(D-lactic acid-alt-glycolic acid) were first reported and this method can be applied for preparation of high performance biobased biodegradable materials.