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Injection Molding and Mechanical Properties of Bio-Based Polymer Nanocomposites
Maria Chiara Mistretta1, Luigi Botta2, Marco Morreale3
1Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. mariachiara.mistretta@unipa.it.
Abstract:
The use of biodegradable/bio-based polymers is of great importance in addressing several issues related to environmental protection, public health, and new, stricter legislation. Yet some applications require improved properties (such as barrier or mechanical properties), suggesting the use of nanosized fillers in order to obtain bio-based polymer nanocomposites. In this work, bionanocomposites based on two different biodegradable polymers (coming from the Bioflex and MaterBi families) and two different nanosized fillers (organo-modified clay and hydrophobic-coated precipitated calcium carbonate) were prepared and compared with traditional nanocomposites with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as matrix. In particular, the injection molding processability, as well as the mechanical and rheological properties of the so-obtained bionanocomposites were investigated. It was found that the processability of the two biodegradable polymers and the related nanocomposites can be compared to that of the HDPE-based systems and that, in general, the bio-based systems can be taken into account as suitable alternatives.
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