以辛酸亚锡为催化剂,通过开环聚合法制备了聚左旋乳酸-三亚甲基碳酸酯(PLLA-TMC)和聚右旋乳酸-三亚甲基碳酸酯(PDLA-TMC)无规共聚物.利用共聚物中PLLA/PDLA链段形成立构复合体,通过溶液浇注法制备了PLLA-TMC/PDLA-TMC立构复合聚乳酸材料(sc-PLA-TMC).研究结果表明,聚合物链中的柔性TMC单元可以增强L(D)LA链段的运动能力,有助于不同旋光性的LA链段形成立构复合晶体,但也使得L(D)LA链段的规整度和序列长度降低.即随着共聚物链段中柔性TMC单元摩尔含量的增加,sc-PLA-TMC中同质结晶能力降低.当TMC含量≥5%时,仅生成熔点〉200℃的PLLA/PDLA立构复合结晶,表明sc-PLA-TMC的耐热性有所提高.蛋白酶K降解实验表明,PL(D)LA-TMC共聚物的降解速率不但比PLLA高,而且可通过共聚物中TMC含量进行调控.
A series of copolymers with high molecular weight( Mn 〉1 × 105) based on 1,3-trimethylene carbonate( TMC) and L-lactide( L-LA) or D-lactide( D-LA) was synthesized by ring-opening polymerization using stannous octoate as catalyst. Then the stereocomplex sc-PLA films were prepared by mixing equal amount of the corresponding PLLA-TMC and PDLA-TMC solution and followed by solution casting. The chemical structure,thermal properties and enzymatic degradation behavior of sc-PLA films were characterized respectively. The results show that crystallinity of homochiral crystals in sc-PLA-TMC samples decreases with the increase of TMC content. Only stereocomplex crystals exist in sc-PLA-TMC samples when TMC contents beyond 5%. The enzymatic degradation results show that the degradation rate of samples is accelerated when TMC unit is introduced.