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Enhanced interfacial adhesion, mechanical, and thermal properties of natural flour-filled biodegradable polymer bio-composites

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This study examined the interfacial adhesion, mechanical, and thermal properties of compatibilizing agent-treated and non-treated biocomposites as a function of the type of compatibilizing agent. The tensile strength, interfacial adhesion, and heat deflection temperature (HDT) of maleic anhydride-grafted poly(butylene succinate) (PBS-MA) and maleic anhydride-grafted poly(lactic acid) (PLA-MA)-treated biocomposites are greater than those of untreated maleic anhydride-grafted poly(styrene-b-ethylene-co-butylene-b-styrene) triblock copolymer (SEBS-MA) and maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene (MAPP)-treated biocomposites. The storage modulus (E′) values and the tan δmax temperatures (T g) of PBS-MA and PLA-MA-treated biocomposites were slightly higher than that of the untreated biocomposites.

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This study was supported financially by the Cleaner Production R&D Program and Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2).

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  1. Research and Development Institute, Research 2 Team, Woongjin Chemical Co., Ltd, Suwon, 443-270, Republic of Korea

    Hee-Soo Kim

  2. Laboratory of Adhesion and Bio-Composites, Program in Environmental Materials Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Republic of Korea

    Hee-Soo Kim, Byoung-Ho Lee, Sena Lee & Hyun-Joong Kim

  3. Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Republic of Korea

    Hyun-Joong Kim

  4. Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, 80401-1887, USA

    John R. Dorgan

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Kim, HS., Lee, BH., Lee, S. et al. Enhanced interfacial adhesion, mechanical, and thermal properties of natural flour-filled biodegradable polymer bio-composites. J Therm Anal Calorim 104, 331–338 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-1098-9

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