Designing High-performance Fruit Packaging: Gelatin Films Enriched with Marine Seaweed Polysaccharides and Carbon Dots
Food Hydrocolloids,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
163, С. 111056 - 111056
Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2025
Язык: Английский
Development and characterization of polylactic acid/starch biocomposites – From melt blending to preliminary life cycle assessment
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
279, С. 135173 - 135173
Опубликована: Авг. 28, 2024
This
study
presents
a
comprehensive
analysis
encompassing
melt
blending,
characterization,
life
cycle
assessment
(LCA),
and
3D
printing
of
range
polylactic
acid
(PLA)/starch
biocomposites,
with
starch
content
varying
from
0
to
50
wt%.
To
enhance
compatibility
between
the
particles
PLA
matrix,
we
utilized
solvent-free
method
graft
N-octadecyl
isocyanate
(ODI)
molecules
onto
surface
particles,
resulting
in
ODI-g-starch,
which
yielded
several
improved
properties.
Notably,
toughness
elongation
at
break
by
approximately
170
%
300
%,
respectively.
Moreover,
crystallinity
increased
11.6
plain
30.1
suggesting
that
uniform
dispersion
ODI-g-starch
acted
as
nucleating
sites
for
crystallization
chains.
Additionally,
viscosity
decreased
significantly
introduction
indicating
their
plasticizing
effect,
thereby
enhancing
processability
ease
fabrication
biocomposite.
Crucially,
our
LCA
revealed
significant
reduction
carbon
footprint
these
up
18
63
compared
selected
fossil-based
plastics,
respectively,
upon
incorporation
ODI-g-starch.
In
summary,
research
introduces
newly
developed
PLA/starch
biocomposites
sustainable
eco-friendly
alternative
commercially
available
specific
plastics.
Язык: Английский
Strong, tough, and UV-resistant polylactic acid composites by incorporating doped carbon dots
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 142416 - 142416
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Fused Deposition Modelling PLA/Carbon Dot Nanocomposites
Materials Today Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
40, С. 110025 - 110025
Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Thermal conversion of Achillea maritima biomass into dual-functional carbon quantum dots for antioxidant activity and methylene blue removal
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Окт. 28, 2024
Язык: Английский
In Situ Monitoring of Mechanofluorescence in Polymeric Nanofibers
Macromolecular Rapid Communications,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2024
Mechanofluorescent
polymers
represent
a
promising
class
of
materials
exhibiting
fluorescence
changes
in
response
to
mechanical
stimuli.
One
approach
fabricating
these
involves
incorporating
aggregachromic
dyes,
whose
emission
properties
are
governed
by
the
intermolecular
distance,
which
can,
turn,
be
readily
altered
microstructural
surrounding
polymer
matrix
during
deformation.
In
this
study,
mechanofluorescent
additive
featuring
excimer-forming
oligo(p-phenylene
vinylene)
dyes
(tOPV)
is
incorporated
into
electrospun
polyurethane
fibers,
producing
mats
fibers
with
diameters
ranging
from
300
700
nm.
The
influence
concentration
and
fiber
orientation
on
under
tensile
deformation
investigated.
situ
spectroscopy
microscopy
imaging
reveal
strain-dependent
change
color
orange
yellow
or
green,
more
pronounced
prealigned
fibers.
Stresses
experienced
nanofibers
elongation
mapped
real-time.
data
that
forces
initially
concentrate
aligned
parallel
applied
strain,
only
later
redistribute
as
other
once
they
also
align.
These
findings
advance
understanding
force
transfer
within
fibrous
expected
facilitate
development
self-reporting
for
applications
load-bearing
devices,
wearable
technologies,
mechanochromic
textiles.
Язык: Английский