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Tipo de publicación: Artículos científicos (Publicados en revistas de divulgación o científicas)

Título del artículo: Biocomposites based on plasticized starch: thermal, mechanical and morphological characterization.

Registrado por: Polymer Bulletin

Año de publicación: 2020

Resumen: In this research, a composite material based on thermoplastic starch (TPS) obtained from pich seeds (Enterolobium cyclocarpum) filled with solid particles of their own shell (PP) was elaborated and fully characterized by different techniques such as DSC, TGA, FTIR, tensile test and SEM. All composites showed good dispersion of the shell particles within the matrix. Particles size and concentration effect over the mechanical, morphologic and thermic properties were studied. Calorimetric characterization by DSC exhibited an increment in ?Hf as PP concentration was increased, while TGA analysis shown thermal events associated to decomposition of hemicellulose followed by cellulose and finally lignin components. Pich TPS/PP composite material FTIR spectrum clearly displayed absorption bands corresponding to amylose and amylopectin, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin organic groups. SEM analysis identified average diameters in shell particles (PP) around 1180 ?m, 600 ?m and 425 ?m. Higher mechanical properties corresponding to maximum stress (?max) and elastic modulus (E) were obtained for composites manufactured with particle size of 600 µm and 5% concentration. These results are consistent with the static mechanical behaviour, which vary according to the filler content. It is shown that the addition of PP fillers improves the thermal resistance and mechanical properties of these biocomposites.

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Autor(es): Ríos-Soberanis, C. R.; Collí-Pacheco, J. P.; Estrada-León, R. J.; Moo-Huchin, V. M., Yee-Madeira, H. T. & Pérez-Pacheco, E.

Campo: Ciencia y tecnología

Disciplina: Ciencias de los materiales

Subdisciplina: Materiales poliméricos

Número de registro: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-020-03261-w