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Macromol. Mater. Eng. 8/2010
Author(s) -
Tsuji Hideto,
Tsuruno Tomonori
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.201090014
Subject(s) - lactide , materials science , stereospecificity , enantiomer , amorphous solid , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer science , polymer , composite material , organic chemistry , copolymer , catalysis , chemistry , engineering
Cover: The image presents a permeation model of water vapor through a polylactide amorphous region, the stereocomplex crystal structure, and the helices of poly( L ‐lactide) and poly( D ‐lactide). Stereospecific strong interaction between enantiomeric poly( L ‐lactide) and poly( D ‐lactide), which can cause stereocomplexation, is found to be effective to increase the water vapor barrier property of polylactide‐based materials for a wide range of crystallinities. Further details can be found in the article by H. Tsuji * and T. Tsuruno on page 709 .