Pure
ramie fibers were
obtained from Stucken Melchers GmbH & Co. (Germany).
l-Lactide was supplied by Purac (The Netherlands) and recrystallized
from dry toluene. Poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether (PEGME) (
Mn = 2000 g·mol
–1, with
a polydispersity index
D̵ of 1.05) was provided
by Fluka Chemika. DBU as a metal-free catalyst was purchased from
Aldrich and distilled over barium oxide before use. Chloroform was
dried using a MBRAUN Solvent Purification System (model MB-SPS 800)
equipped with alumina drying columns. Heptane was purchased from VWR
used as received.
Acetic acid was purchased from ChemLab.
1-Methylimidazole(99%, Merck) and 11-bromoundecanol (Aldrich, 98%) were used as received.
A commercially available extrusion-grade PLA (NatureWorks 4032D) designed
especially for the production of biaxially oriented films was used
as received (
Mn = 133 500 ±
5000 g·mol
–1,
D̵ = 1.94
± 0.06 as determined from SEC, and 1.4 ± 0.2%
d-isomer content as determined by the supplier).
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