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Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Polymer Science Volume 2009, Article ID 287547, 9 pages doi:10.1155/2009/287547 Research Article Selective Depolymerization and Effects of Homolysis of Poly(L-lactic acid) in a Blend with Polypropylene Haruo Nishida,1 Yoshiro Arazoe,2 Takayuki Tsukegi,1 Wang Yan,2 and Yoshihito Shirai1, 2 1 Eco-Town Collaborative RD Center for the Environment and Recycling, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0196, Japan 2 Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0196, Japan Correspondence should be addressed to Haruo Nishida, nishida@lsse.kyutech.ac.jp Received 22 November 2008; Accepted 6 January 2009 Recommended by Giridhar Madras Blends of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) and polypropylene (PP), which are candidates for the practical use of PLLA, were investigated for selective degradation of PLLA, resulting in quantitative conversion of PLLA components into cyclic monomers, lactides, using magnesium oxide (MgO) as a depolymerization catalyst. Obviously, the catalyst MgO selectively accelerated only the PLLA depolymerization in the blends, dominantly generating L,L-lactide as a volatile product and separating the PP component. Expected effects of homolysis in the blend system were also determined as slight changes in activation energy of degradation for both the components and through the suppression of degradation by an antioxidant. Copyright © 2009 Haruo Nishida et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work