Development and characterisation of sugarcane bagasse nanocellulose/PLA composites
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Nanocellulose from sugarcane bagasse fibres was isolated via chemo-mechanical method subjected to preparation of its PLA-based bionanocomposites using an Injection moulding process with varying weight percentages of nanocellulose. The mechanical properties (i.e. tensile, flexural, fracture toughness, and impact), thermal property (TGA analysis) and dynamic mechanical properties (i.e. storage modulus, loss modulus, and damping) of the prepared bionanocomposites were studied. In addition, water absorption behaviour in terms of maximum water uptake and sorption, diffusion and permeability coefficients of the bionanocomposites were also investigated. Anoticeable improvement in thermal stability, water resistance, and mechanical performance was seen in bionanocomposites with 2 wt. % of nanocellulose. There were 41.44%, 26.21%, 89.79%, and 16.38% improvements in tensile strength, flexural strength, fracture toughness and impact strength, respectively, for 2 wt. % of nanocellulose reinforcement composite over neat PLA matrix. ANOVA analysis was also performed and found that contents of nanocellulose have asignificant impact on the mechanical properties of the bionanocomposites.
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NC can act as a nucleating agent, accelerating PLA crystallization and enhancing its thermal resistance.
“Studies using DSC and TGA show that NC can act as a nucleating agent, accelerating PLA crystallization and enhancing its thermal resistance [14,16,17,65].”
Tensile strength and Young's modulus of PLA composites increased notably with the incorporation of well-dispersed CNCs or CNFs, even at low filler contents (<5 wt.%).
“As highlighted in the literature [14,15,16,17,18,19], tensile strength and Young’s modulus of PLA composites increased notably with the incorporation of well-dispersed CNCs or CNFs, even at low filler contents (<5 wt.%).”
In PLA-based systems, nanocellulose enhances tensile strength, Young's modulus, and crystallinity.
“In PLA-based systems, NC has been shown to enhance tensile strength, Young’s modulus, and crystallinity [14,15,16,17,18,19]”
Well-dispersed CNCs at low loadings of 1-5 wt.% improve tensile strength by up to 40-60% and improve thermal stability.
“studies have reported up to 40–60% improvement in tensile strength with the addition of well-dispersed CNCs at low loadings (1–5 wt.%), along with improved thermal stability [16]”
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“Studies using DSC and TGA show that NC can act as a nucleating agent, accelerating PLA crystallization and enhancing its thermal resistance [14,16,17,65].”
- Authors
- Gond, R. K., Naik, T. P., Gupta, M. K., & Singh, I.
- Affiliations
- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (IN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Gupta, Manoj Kumar
- Venue
- Materials Technology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2022-06-15
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 2942-2954
- ISSN
- 1066-7857 (ISSN-L)
- 1753-5557
- OpenAlex
- W4282970390
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 1
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- 1.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Materials Technology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Council of Science and Technology, UP, India (CST/6618)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Keywords
- sugarcane bagasse, nanocellulose, polylactic acid, bionanocomposites, injection molding, mechanical properties, thermal stability, water absorption, water vapor permeability, sorption, dynamic mechanical properties, fracture toughness, impact strength
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