Citation
Pak, Yen Leng and Ahmad, Mansor and Shameli, Kamyar and Wan Yunus, Wan Md Zin and Ibrahim, Nor Azowa and Zainuddin, Norhazlin
(2013)
Mechanical and morphological properties of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate/ Poly(butyleneadipate-co-terephthalate)/layered double hydroxide nanocomposites.
Journal of Nanomaterials, 2013.
art. no. 621097.
pp. 1-8.
ISSN 1687-4110; ESSN: 1687-4129
Abstract
Nanocomposites of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate/poly(butyleneadipate-co- terephthalate)/layered double hydroxide (PHB/PBAT/LDH) were prepared from a binary blend of PHB/PBAT and stearate-Zn3Al LDH via a solution casting method using chloroform as solvent in this study. The pristine Zn 3Al LDH was synthesized from nitrate salts solution at pH 7 by using coprecipitation technique and then was modified by stearate anions surfactant via ion exchange reaction. As a result, the basal spacing of the LDH was increased from 8.77 to 24.94 Å after the modification. Intercalated nanocomposites were formed due to the presence of diffraction peak in XRD diffractograms. The infrared spectrum of stearate-Zn3Al LDH exhibited the existence of stearate anions in the synthesized Zn3Al LDH. Mechanical properties with 2 wt% stearate-Zn3Al LDH loading nanocomposites showed 56 wt% improvements in elongation at break compared to those of the blend.
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