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Fabrication of biodegradable blend plastic from konjac glucomannan/zein/PVA and understanding its multi-scale structure and physicochemical properties

مؤلف البحث
Wei Liang, Jiayu Zheng, Ahmed SM Saleh, Wenqing Zhao, Xinyue Liu, Chunyan Su, Mengting Yan, Xiangzhen Ge, Huishan Shen, Gulnazym Ospankulova, Kakimova Zhainagul Kh, Wenhao Li
ملخص البحث

Exploration and synthesis of degradable plastics can alleviate and avoid environmental pollution induced by petroleum-based plastics. In this study, a konjac glucomannan (KGM)/zein/PVA ternary blend plastic was successfully prepared by casting. The results showed that, despite the presence of particle aggregation from incompatible components in blend plastic, the addition of KGM and zein improved its compatibility which is consistent with the formation of continuous dark regions and the reduction of roughness average (Ra) results in the AFM characterization. Also, XRD and FT-IR results indicated that the addition of KGM and zein disrupted the molecular and crystalline structure of PVA, induced stretching vibration of alcohol and hydroxyl groups, and crystallinity reduction. In addition, KGM deacetylation (d-KGM) reduced the intramolecular hydroxyl groups, reduced the water absorption and water vapor transmission rate of the blend plastics, and increased the crystallization temperature (Tc) and melting temperature (Tm). Furthermore, the blended plastics exhibited the best tensile strength (TS), elongation at break (E), and elastic modulus (EM) when the proportion of KGM to zein was 9:1. Notably, the blended plastic with KGM and zein added displayed more pores and cracks after soil burial, implying that the lack of degradability of pure PVA plastic was improved.

تاريخ البحث
مجلة البحث
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
Elsevier
عدد البحث
225
موقع البحث
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813022024412
سنة البحث
2022
صفحات البحث
172-184