The starch nanocrystal filled biodegradable poly (ε-caprolactone) composite membrane with highly improved properties
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The platelet-like starch nanocrystal (SNC) particles were used to prepare composite membrane with biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) for the potential packaging membrane application. The presence of SNC particles improves gas barrier properties, tearing strength, as well as the creep resistance of the PCL membrane evidently at the lower loading levels. This improvement effect can be further enhanced by the surface acetylation of SNC. The presence of acetylated SNC particles (1wt%) can reduce the oxygen transmission rate by about 70% and increase the tearing strength by about 68%, which is due to the improved phase adhesion. The strain failure stage of the membrane is also highly delayed in the presence of acetylated SNC, from hour-time scale to day-time one. Therefore, the biodegradable SNC is a promising candidate to be used as the filler to improve the key properties of biodegradable PCL membrane, but the chemically modified SNC is the better option.
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PCL-based systems with nanocellulose exhibit increased stiffness and biodegradation rate, especially when surface-modified nanocellulose is used to improve interfacial adhesion with the hydrophobic PCL matrix.
“Similarly, PCL-based systems exhibited increased stiffness and biodegradation rate [20,21,22], especially when surface-modified NC is used to improve interfacial adhesion with the more hydrophobic PCL matrix [23]”
Solution/solvent casting facilitates better initial dispersion of NC in PCL but is limited by environmental and processing drawbacks.
“solution/solvent casting, often using chloroform or dichloromethane as solvents, facilitates better initial dispersion but is limited by environmental and processing drawbacks [20,22,23,36,67,68]”
FTIR shows characteristic cellulose bands at ~3340 cm−1 (O-H stretching), ~2900 cm−1 (C-H stretching), and ~1050 cm−1 (C-O-C stretching), with additional peaks in modified NC indicating successful surface functionalization.
“The literature reports characteristic cellulose bands at ~3340 cm−1 (O–H stretching), ~2900 cm−1 (C–H stretching), and ~1050 cm−1 (C–O–C stretching), with additional peaks in modified NC, indicating successful surface functionalization [23,60]”
Addition of NC significantly improves the mechanical performance of PCL, with measurable increases in tensile strength, Young's modulus, and elongation at break at low NC loadings typically below 5 wt.%.
“numerous studies confirm that the addition of NC significantly improves the mechanical performance of PCL. The tensile strength, Young’s modulus, and elongation at break have all shown measurable increases at low NC loadings (typically < 5 wt.%) [21,22,23,36,67]”
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Polysaccharide‐Based Bionanocomposites for Food Packaging
Kaur, G., Devgan, K., Kaur, P., & Kumar, N. (2024) · doi:10.1002/9781119776468.ch10
- Authors
- Xu, C., Chen, C., & Wu, D.
- Affiliations
- Yangzhou University (CN)
- ZheJiang Institute For Food and Drug Control (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wu, Defeng
- ORCID
- Venue
- Carbohydrate Polymers
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 182
- Pages
- 115-122
- ISSN
- 0144-8617 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2767866024
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6
- FWCI
- 1.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Carbohydrate Polymers (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51573156)
- Jiangsu Provincial Research Innovation Program for Graduates (XSJCX17_013)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
- Keywords
- starch nanocrystals, polycaprolactone, gas barrier properties, oxygen transmission rate, tear strength, creep resistance, phase adhesion
- MeSH terms
- Particle Size, Polyesters, Starch, Surface Properties, Nanoparticles
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