Enhancement of strength and toughness of bio-nanocomposites with good transparency and heat resistance by reactive processing.

ABSTRACT: Growing concerns in addressing environmental challenges are driving the rapid advancement of both bio-based and environmental friendly materials. Biodegradable polymers have been compounded with various nanofillers to fulfill the multiple requirements in real applications. However, current technologies remain to be improved in terms of the intrinsic inferior performance and the lack of interfacial interactions. In this work, we employed a facile route to develop bio-nanocomposites integrating multiple functionalities by reactive processing of polylactide and reactive boehmite nanorods. The grafting of polymer chains onto the surface of the nanorods encourages fully homogeneous dispersion of nanofillers with even 30 wt% loadings. Such nanocomposites exhibit simultaneously enhanced tensile s

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9234255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature