The present invention provides a method for preparing a highly transparent and highly flexible modified
polylactic acid, and relates to the technical field of
organic polymer compounds. A method for preparing a highly transparent and highly flexible modified
polylactic acid includes the steps of preparing a PLA-co-PVL
copolymer solution, purifying the PLA-co-PVL
copolymer, synthesizing an ATEC-HEA complex, and obtaining a modified
polylactic acid composite material; the preparation of the PLA-co-PVL
copolymer solution comprises the steps of uniformly mixing L-
lactide and δ-
valerolactone to obtain a
mixed solution, adding a catalyst and an initiator to the
mixed solution, and reacting to obtain a PLA-co-PVL copolymer solution; the catalyst is Sn(Oct)2, and the initiator is 1,4-
butanediol; the synthesis of the ATEC-HEA complex comprises raw materials including acetyl citrate triethyl, hydroxyethyl
acrylate, p-toluenesulfonic acid, and
hydroquinone; the preparation of the modified polylactic acid
composite material comprises raw materials including a PLA-co-PVL
solid copolymer, an ATEC-HEA complex, and an
antioxidant. The modified polylactic acid of the present invention has high light
transmittance and excellent flexibility.