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Chemical and Hydrophobic Properties of PLA/HNTs-ZrO2 Bionanocomposites

Creators

  • 1. Center of Excellence Geopolymer and Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), Faculty of Engineering Technology (FETech), Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Level 1 Block S2, UniCITI Alam Campus, Sungai Chucuh, Padang Besar, 02100, Perlis (Malaysia)
  • 2. Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
  • 3. School of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Arau, 02600 (Malaysia)
  • 4. School of Human Development and Techno-communication (iKOM), Green Advanced Computing and Technology (GREAT) Research Group – CEGeoGTech, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (Malaysia)

Description

The utilization of biopolymers in the applications that meet demands in society for sustainability and environmental safety has been limited. That is owing to the poor mechanical and thermal properties of biopolymers. The goal of this study is to improve the limitations of the biopolymers properties. polylactic acid (PLA) as one of the most important biopolymer was selected to investigate the effect of incorporating of natural halloysites nanotubes HNTs with different concentrations (0–8 wt%) on PLA chemical and hydrophobic properties. In the second series, Zirconium dioxide (ZrO2) nanoparticles were added to the PLA/HNTs film with the optimum mechanical properties in the first series. the chemical structure and surface wettability were investigated for both of PLA/HNTs and PLA/HNTs-ZrO2 bionanocomposites. The addition of ZrO2 resulted in appearance of OH groups in the FTIR graph. In addition, the increasing of ZrO2 loading led to increase the hydrophobicity of the PLA nanocomposites. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1019/1/012065

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/1019/1/012065;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
1019
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[6 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
1. International Conference on Green and Sustainable Computing
Acronym
ICoGeS 2017
Dates
25-27 Nov 2017
Place
Kuching (Malaysia)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52080705
Subject category
S77: NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONCENTRATION RATIO; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; INFRARED SPECTRA; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; SURFACES; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS; WETTABILITY; ZIRCONIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; FILMS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NANOMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PARTICLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRA; SPECTROMETERS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS