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Plasticized PLA-based nanocomposites were prepared by melt blending of the matrix with 5 mass% of epoxidized palm oils (EPO) and different amount of graphene nanoplatelets (xGnP). Plasticized PLA (p-PLA) reinforced with 0.3 mass% xGnP resulted in an increase of up to 26.5 and 60.6 % in the tensile strength and elongation at break of the nanocomposites, respectively. Thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were performed to study the thermal behavior of the prepared nanocomposites. p-PLA reinforced with xGnP shows that increasing the xGnP content triggers a substantial increase in thermal stability. Crystallinity of the nanocomposites as well as cold crystallization and melting temperature did not show any significant changes upon addition of xGnP. However, there is a significant decrease of glass transition temperature up to 0.3 mass% of xGnP incorporation.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Food Science and Technology Faculty of Science Institute of Advanced Technology |
| DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-4084-9 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Keywords: | Nanofiller; Graphene nanoplatelets; Plasticized poly (lactic acid) |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2015 06:40 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2015 01:29 |
| Altmetrics: | http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.1007/s10973-014-4084-9 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37255 |
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