Nonisothermal crystallization behavior of polylactide/polyethylene glycol/graphene oxide nanosheets composite films

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 2108-2119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasim Ahmed ◽  
Giorgio Luciano ◽  
Sofia Maggiore
Heliyon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. e01466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jalil Charmi ◽  
Hamed Nosrati ◽  
Jafar Mostafavi Amjad ◽  
Ramin Mohammadkhani ◽  
Hosein Danafar

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Grząbka-Zasadzińska ◽  
Łukasz Klapiszewski ◽  
Sławomir Borysiak ◽  
Teofil Jesionowski

In this paper, silica–lignin hybrid materials were used as fillers for a polylactide (PLA) matrix. In order to simulate biodegradation, PLA/hybrid filler composite films were kept in soil of neutral pH for six months. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) allowed analysis of nonisothermal crystallization behavior of composites, thermal analysis provided information about their thermal stability, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was applied to define morphology of films. The influence of biodegradation was also investigated in terms of changes in mechanical properties and color of samples. It was found that application of silica–lignin hybrids as fillers for PLA matrix may be interesting not only in terms of increasing thermal stability, but also controlled biodegradation. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first publication regarding biodegradation of PLA composites loaded with silica–lignin hybrid fillers.


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