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Yoon, Yee Then and Ibrahim, Nor Azowa and Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin
(2011)
Enhancement of tensile strength and flexibility of Polycaprolactone/Tapioca starch blends by Octadecylamine modified clay.
Journal of Polymers and The Environment , 19 (-).
pp. 535-539.
ISSN 1566-2543; ESSN:1572-8900
Abstract
Polycaprolactone/tapioca starch/octadecylamine modified clay (OMMT) nanocomposites were successfully prepared by melt blending. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the products showed that they are nanocomposites of a mixture intercalated and exfoliated types. In addition, the TEM also revealed that the OMMTlayers are homogeneously distributed in the polymer matrix. The presence of 1 php of OMMT improved the compatibility of the polymers in the blends which consequently increased the tensile strength of the blend of more than 60% and elongation at break of more than 1,000%.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 |
| Publisher: | Springer Link |
| Keywords: | Polycaprolactone; Tapioca starch; Modified clay. |
| Depositing User: | Nur Farahin Ramli |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2013 02:43 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Oct 2015 03:44 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25148 |
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