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Star-shaped polylactic acid-based triazine dendrimers: the catalyst type and time factors influence on polylactic acid molecular weight

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Nowadays, extensive environmental problems due to the use of synthetic polymers have provoked efforts for their replacement with biopolymers as the most important research priorities. Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the well-known biodegradable biopolymers. In this work, for the first time, PLA was modified with hydrophilic triazine-based dendrimers to obtain PLA with improved hydrophilic properties. In this regard, at first, dl-lactic acid (DLLA) was polymerized through the melt polycondensation to obtain poly-dl-lactic acid (PDLLA). The effects of reaction time and catalyst types on the molecular weight of the PDLLA were investigated. Also, the thermal behavior of PDLLAs with different molecular weights was evaluated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique. The obtained results from the DSC analysis showed that the PDLLA with higher molecular weight has a higher glass transition temperature (Tg) and melting point (Tm). In the following, various generations (G) of the triazine-based dendrimers were synthesized. To increase the hydrophilicity of the prepared PDLLA, chemical modification of PDLLA with the different generations of triazine-based dendrimer (G1, G1.5 and G2) was performed. Due to the modification of PDLLA with dendrimers, the number of functional groups and hydrophilicity of PDLLA increased. Based on the obtained results, it is expected that the prepared systems could be a good and promising candidate for the production of biocompatible plastics with more hydrolytic degradation ability.

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Authors gratefully acknowledge the University of Tabriz (Grant # 816430115) and Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Science for the financial supports for this research.

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  1. Research Laboratory of Dendrimers and Nanopolymers, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Tabriz, P.O. Box: 51666, Tabriz, Iran

    Rahman Hosseyni, Malihe Pooresmaeil & Hassan Namazi

  2. Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (RCPN), Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran

    Hassan Namazi

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Hosseyni, R., Pooresmaeil, M. & Namazi, H. Star-shaped polylactic acid-based triazine dendrimers: the catalyst type and time factors influence on polylactic acid molecular weight. Iran Polym J 29, 423–432 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-020-00807-7

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