{"title":"Grafted barley husk/poly (vinyl alcohol)/starch composite films: effect of fatty acid chain length and grafted barley husk loading","authors":"Aanchal Mittal, Sangeeta Garg, Shailendra Bajpai","doi":"10.1007/s13726-024-01311-y","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The effect of incorporation of barley husk (BH) grafted with different fatty acids (lauric acid: LBH; palmitic acid: PBH; arachidic acid: ABH) on the physicochemical properties of cross-linked PVA/starch based composite films was studied at different loadings (0.2–2)%. Surface morphology of the films showed that grafted BH dispersed well within the matrix as compared to BH enabling them to provide the greatest reinforcing effect. Composite films containing grafted BH showed higher tensile strength, water resistant properties, thermal stability as well as barrier properties compared to composite films containing BH. At optimum loading (1%), tensile strength of the composite film, containing ABH, was 22.9 MPa, and 23.5% and 31.6% higher than films containing LBH (17.4 MPa) and PBH (18.54 MPa), respectively. Composite films prepared with ABH exhibited the highest values of water contact angle, water vapor, and oxygen permeability among all composite films owing to the incorporation of longest hydrophobic aliphatic chain and provides more hindrance for transmission. The activation energy values of thermal degradation for composite film directly indicate their thermal stability were calculated as 203.37, 222.62 and 366.52 kJ at 1% loading of LBH, PBH, and ABH, respectively. Thus, composite film containing ABH at 1% showed maximum improvement in physicochemical properties followed by composite films containing 1% PBH and LBH. This study provides the alternatives for choosing the most effective composite film, which can be a nature-friendly substitute for non-degradable packaging films and it may help to maintain the circular economy.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\n<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":601,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Polymer Journal","volume":"33 8","pages":"1171 - 1187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Iranian Polymer Journal","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13726-024-01311-y","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"POLYMER SCIENCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The effect of incorporation of barley husk (BH) grafted with different fatty acids (lauric acid: LBH; palmitic acid: PBH; arachidic acid: ABH) on the physicochemical properties of cross-linked PVA/starch based composite films was studied at different loadings (0.2–2)%. Surface morphology of the films showed that grafted BH dispersed well within the matrix as compared to BH enabling them to provide the greatest reinforcing effect. Composite films containing grafted BH showed higher tensile strength, water resistant properties, thermal stability as well as barrier properties compared to composite films containing BH. At optimum loading (1%), tensile strength of the composite film, containing ABH, was 22.9 MPa, and 23.5% and 31.6% higher than films containing LBH (17.4 MPa) and PBH (18.54 MPa), respectively. Composite films prepared with ABH exhibited the highest values of water contact angle, water vapor, and oxygen permeability among all composite films owing to the incorporation of longest hydrophobic aliphatic chain and provides more hindrance for transmission. The activation energy values of thermal degradation for composite film directly indicate their thermal stability were calculated as 203.37, 222.62 and 366.52 kJ at 1% loading of LBH, PBH, and ABH, respectively. Thus, composite film containing ABH at 1% showed maximum improvement in physicochemical properties followed by composite films containing 1% PBH and LBH. This study provides the alternatives for choosing the most effective composite film, which can be a nature-friendly substitute for non-degradable packaging films and it may help to maintain the circular economy.
期刊介绍:
Iranian Polymer Journal, a monthly peer-reviewed international journal, provides a continuous forum for the dissemination of the original research and latest advances made in science and technology of polymers, covering diverse areas of polymer synthesis, characterization, polymer physics, rubber, plastics and composites, processing and engineering, biopolymers, drug delivery systems and natural polymers to meet specific applications. Also contributions from nano-related fields are regarded especially important for its versatility in modern scientific development.