Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison

Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and Polylactic acid (PLA) were fabricated with the addition of nanofiller such as nanoclay and fumed silica through suitable technique namely solution intercalation film casting. These nanocomposites undergo Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscop...

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Main Authors: Md Rezaur, Rahman, Lai, Josephine Chang Hui, Sinin, Hamdan
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Published: EDP Sciences 2016
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Lai, Josephine Chang Hui
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Sinin, Hamdan
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description Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and Polylactic acid (PLA) were fabricated with the addition of nanofiller such as nanoclay and fumed silica through suitable technique namely solution intercalation film casting. These nanocomposites undergo Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, tensile test and thermogravimetric analysis. FT-IR results showed that both nanocomposites were well intercalated with fumed silica and clay with the reduction of hydroxyl groups. From SEM results, it proved that clay 1.28E is more suitable to be intercalated with PLA matrix while clay 1.30E is more suitable to be introduced into PVA matrix. The addition of both nanofillers improved the tensile properties of the nanocomposites. TGA results showed that polyvinyl alcohol/fumed silica/clay (PVA/fsi/clay) had better thermal stability compared to polylactic acid/fumed silica/clay (PLA/fsi/clay) nanocomposites. Both nanocomposites are applicable in the biomedical field.
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spelling unimas-151712022-05-31T02:26:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15171/ Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison Md Rezaur, Rahman Lai, Josephine Chang Hui Sinin, Hamdan TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery TP Chemical technology Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and Polylactic acid (PLA) were fabricated with the addition of nanofiller such as nanoclay and fumed silica through suitable technique namely solution intercalation film casting. These nanocomposites undergo Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, tensile test and thermogravimetric analysis. FT-IR results showed that both nanocomposites were well intercalated with fumed silica and clay with the reduction of hydroxyl groups. From SEM results, it proved that clay 1.28E is more suitable to be intercalated with PLA matrix while clay 1.30E is more suitable to be introduced into PVA matrix. The addition of both nanofillers improved the tensile properties of the nanocomposites. TGA results showed that polyvinyl alcohol/fumed silica/clay (PVA/fsi/clay) had better thermal stability compared to polylactic acid/fumed silica/clay (PLA/fsi/clay) nanocomposites. Both nanocomposites are applicable in the biomedical field. EDP Sciences 2016-10-28 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15171/1/Physical%2C%20Mechanical%20-%20Copy.pdf Md Rezaur, Rahman and Lai, Josephine Chang Hui and Sinin, Hamdan (2016) Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison. MATEC Web of Conferences, 87. ISSN 2261236X https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/abs/2017/01/matecconf_encon2017_03005/matecconf_encon2017_03005.html DOI: 10.1051/matecconf/20178703005
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TP Chemical technology
Md Rezaur, Rahman
Lai, Josephine Chang Hui
Sinin, Hamdan
Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title_full Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title_fullStr Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title_full_unstemmed Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title_short Physical, Mechanical, Thermal and Morphology Properties of Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites and Its Comparison
title_sort physical, mechanical, thermal and morphology properties of biodegradable polymer nanocomposites and its comparison
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
TP Chemical technology
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