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N-Silylated Benzothiazolium Dye as a Coupling Agent for Polylactic Acid/Date Palm Fiber Bio-composites

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This work proposes a benzothiazole derivative bearing a silane moiety as a new coupling agent for polylactic acid (PLA) reinforced by date palm fibers (DPFs). The bio-composites are prepared by solution blending followed by melt compounding. From the samples produced, a complete characterization is performed including morphological, mechanical and thermal properties as a function of fiber content. The results show that the proposed fiber treatment is an easy and effective method to improve the interfacial properties and fiber dispersion leading to better material performance. For example, the addition of only 1 wt% of the dye–IPTMS to the bleached DPF not only improved the thermal stability of the biocomposites, but also led to a significant increase of the Young’s modulus at 7 wt% and higher torsion modulus up to 5 wt% (optimum value).

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by MAScIR; Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research, MESRSFC and CNRST, Morocco Grant No. 1970/15. The authors would like to thank Mr. Mehdi AitDahi for his fruitful technical support and assistance.

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  1. Composites and Nanocomposites Center, Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Rabat, Morocco

    Fatima-Zahra Semlali Aouragh Hassani, Wafa Ouarhim, Marya Raji, Mohamed El Mehdi Mekhzoum, Hamid Essabir, Rachid Bouhfid & Abou el kacem Qaiss

  2. Mechanics of Materials Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Mohammed V-Rabat, University, Rabat, Morocco

    Fatima-Zahra Semlali Aouragh Hassani, Wafa Ouarhim & Mohammed Ouadi Bensalah

  3. National School of Applied Science of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

    Hamid Essabir

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering and CERMA, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada

    Denis Rodrigue

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Semlali Aouragh Hassani, FZ., Ouarhim, W., Raji, M. et al. N-Silylated Benzothiazolium Dye as a Coupling Agent for Polylactic Acid/Date Palm Fiber Bio-composites. J Polym Environ 27, 2974–2987 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-019-01585-x

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