Correlation between solid-state structures and enzymatic degradability of cocrystallized blends.

Solid-state structures and enzymatic degradability have been investigated for cocrystallized blends between poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) [PHBV] and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxypropionate) [PHBP]. From wide-angle X-ray diffraction patterns, small-angle X-ray scattering data, and the comparison of the enzymatic degradability of these blends, the solid-state structures of PHBV/PHBP blend samples, in which the PHBV component has higher isothermal crystal growth rate (G) value than the PHBP one, might be similar to those of the component PHBVs; while those of the PHBP/PHBV blend samples, in which PHBP component has higher G value, were similar to the component PHBPs. Normalized one-dimensional correlation functions gamma(x) of PHBV/PHBP binary blends crystallized at 90 degrees C.