Polycaprolactone/chitosan blends: Simulation and experimental design

Hong-ping Zhang; Xuegang Luo; Xiaoyan Lin; Xiong Lu; Yanfang Zhou; Youhong Tang

doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2015.10.108

Polycaprolactone/chitosan blends: Simulation and experimental design

Hong-ping Zhang, Xuegang Luo, Xiaoyan Lin, Xiong Lu, Yanfang Zhou, Youhong Tang

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Abstract

The morphologies and properties of polycaprolactone (PCL)/chitosan (CS) blends were studied by experiment and dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) simulation. The simulation predicted the morphologies and dispersion of PCL/CS blends with different PCL/CS ratios. Experiments were performed for characterising morphology, thermal and mechanical properties. Both experimental and DPD simulation results indicated that the PCL/CS blend with weight ratio 90/10 possessed homogeneous morphology with excellent ductility. The study indicated that the combination of experiments and the computer simulation can be an effective way of designing and developing the polymer blends with the tailored properties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	396-402
Number of pages	7
Journal	Materials and Design
Volume	90
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2015.10.108
Publication status	Published - 2016

Keywords

Chitosan
Dissipative particle dynamics simulation
Material design
Polycaprolactone

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