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Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites

The present study aims to develop a biodegradable polymer blend that is environmentally friendly and has comparable tensile and thermal properties with synthetic plastics. In this work, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) extracted from bamboo-chips-reinforced poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and poly (butylen...

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Main Authors: Rasheed, Masrat, Jawaid, Mohammad, Parveez, Bisma, Bhat, Aamir Hussain, Alamery, Salman
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Published: MDPI 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94273/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.942732023-05-08T04:29:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94273/ Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites Rasheed, Masrat Jawaid, Mohammad Parveez, Bisma Bhat, Aamir Hussain Alamery, Salman The present study aims to develop a biodegradable polymer blend that is environmentally friendly and has comparable tensile and thermal properties with synthetic plastics. In this work, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) extracted from bamboo-chips-reinforced poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) blend composites were fabricated by melt-mixing at 180 °C and then hot pressing at 180 °C. PBS and MCC (0.5, 1, 1.5 wt%) were added to improve the brittle nature of PLA. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscope (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermogravimetry (DTG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)), and universal testing machine were used to analyze morphology, crystallinity, physiochemical, thermal, and tensile properties, respectively. The thermal stability of the PLA-PBS blends enhanced on addition of MCC up to 1wt % due to their uniform dispersion in the polymer matrix. Tensile properties declined on addition of PBS and increased with MCC above (0.5 wt%) however except elongation at break increased on addition of PBS then decreased insignificantly on addition of MCC. Thus, PBS and MCC addition in PLA matrix decreases the brittleness, making it a potential contender that could be considered to replace plastics that are used for food packaging. MDPI 2021-02-01 Article PeerReviewed Rasheed, Masrat and Jawaid, Mohammad and Parveez, Bisma and Bhat, Aamir Hussain and Alamery, Salman (2021) Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites. Polymers, 13 (3). art. no. 465. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2073-4360 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/13/3/465 10.3390/polym13030465
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description The present study aims to develop a biodegradable polymer blend that is environmentally friendly and has comparable tensile and thermal properties with synthetic plastics. In this work, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) extracted from bamboo-chips-reinforced poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) blend composites were fabricated by melt-mixing at 180 °C and then hot pressing at 180 °C. PBS and MCC (0.5, 1, 1.5 wt%) were added to improve the brittle nature of PLA. Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscope (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermogravimetry (DTG), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)), and universal testing machine were used to analyze morphology, crystallinity, physiochemical, thermal, and tensile properties, respectively. The thermal stability of the PLA-PBS blends enhanced on addition of MCC up to 1wt % due to their uniform dispersion in the polymer matrix. Tensile properties declined on addition of PBS and increased with MCC above (0.5 wt%) however except elongation at break increased on addition of PBS then decreased insignificantly on addition of MCC. Thus, PBS and MCC addition in PLA matrix decreases the brittleness, making it a potential contender that could be considered to replace plastics that are used for food packaging.
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author Rasheed, Masrat
Jawaid, Mohammad
Parveez, Bisma
Bhat, Aamir Hussain
Alamery, Salman
spellingShingle Rasheed, Masrat
Jawaid, Mohammad
Parveez, Bisma
Bhat, Aamir Hussain
Alamery, Salman
Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
author_facet Rasheed, Masrat
Jawaid, Mohammad
Parveez, Bisma
Bhat, Aamir Hussain
Alamery, Salman
author_sort Rasheed, Masrat
title Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
title_short Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
title_full Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
title_fullStr Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
title_full_unstemmed Morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
title_sort morphology, structural, thermal, and tensile properties of bamboo microcrystalline cellulose/poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene succinate) composites
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94273/
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