Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin

𝛽-crystalline chitin was added to polylactic acid (PLA), and this PLA was then heat-treated at 100∘C for one minute. The crystallinity of the heat-treated PLA increased to more than 40%, and its crystallization speed also increased significantly. The temperature dependency of these materials’ relati...

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Main Authors: Katsuyoshi Shinyama, Toru Oi, Shigetaka Fujita
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Polymer Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/389491
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description 𝛽-crystalline chitin was added to polylactic acid (PLA), and this PLA was then heat-treated at 100∘C for one minute. The crystallinity of the heat-treated PLA increased to more than 40%, and its crystallization speed also increased significantly. The temperature dependency of these materials’ relative permittivity (𝜀𝑟) and relative dielectric loss factor (𝜀𝑟) was also examined. The dielectric absorption peak value in 𝜀𝑟 curve of the PLA to which chitin was added and was smaller than that of PLA without chitin. Additionally, the Havriliak-Negami relaxation function was used to produce approximation curves for the frequency dependency of 𝜀𝑟 and 𝜀𝑟 of chitin with PLA added at 80∘C. As a result, the relaxation strength (Δ𝜀) of the chitin with PLA added was smaller than that of the PLA without chitin, and the relaxation time (𝜏) of the chitin with PLA added was approximately 2.5 times larger than that of the PLA without chitin.
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spelling doaj-art-5c55c7013fa844798742c8658d760d6e2025-08-20T02:05:43ZengWileyInternational Journal of Polymer Science1687-94221687-94302012-01-01201210.1155/2012/389491389491Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline ChitinKatsuyoshi Shinyama0Toru Oi1Shigetaka Fujita2Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1 Myo Ohbiraki, Hachinohe 031-8501, JapanDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1 Myo Ohbiraki, Hachinohe 031-8501, JapanDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1 Myo Ohbiraki, Hachinohe 031-8501, Japan𝛽-crystalline chitin was added to polylactic acid (PLA), and this PLA was then heat-treated at 100∘C for one minute. The crystallinity of the heat-treated PLA increased to more than 40%, and its crystallization speed also increased significantly. The temperature dependency of these materials’ relative permittivity (𝜀𝑟) and relative dielectric loss factor (𝜀𝑟) was also examined. The dielectric absorption peak value in 𝜀𝑟 curve of the PLA to which chitin was added and was smaller than that of PLA without chitin. Additionally, the Havriliak-Negami relaxation function was used to produce approximation curves for the frequency dependency of 𝜀𝑟 and 𝜀𝑟 of chitin with PLA added at 80∘C. As a result, the relaxation strength (Δ𝜀) of the chitin with PLA added was smaller than that of the PLA without chitin, and the relaxation time (𝜏) of the chitin with PLA added was approximately 2.5 times larger than that of the PLA without chitin.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/389491
spellingShingle Katsuyoshi Shinyama
Toru Oi
Shigetaka Fujita
Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
International Journal of Polymer Science
title Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
title_full Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
title_fullStr Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
title_full_unstemmed Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
title_short Dielectric Relaxation Phenomena of Polylactic Acid with 𝜷-Crystalline Chitin
title_sort dielectric relaxation phenomena of polylactic acid with 𝜷 crystalline chitin
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/389491
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