Dispersing Bacterial Cellulose Nanowhiskers in Polylactides via Electrohydrodynamic Processing
Tóm tắt
In the present study, hybrid electrospun polylactide (PLA) fibers reinforced with highly dispersed crystalline bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers (BCNW) in solution concentrations up to 15 wt% were developed and characterized. The overall aim was to encapsulate dispersed BCNW in fibers to be later re-dispersed in virgin PLA by melt compounding. Initially, the suitability of three different solvents [1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFP), acetone–chloroform and chloroform/polyethylene glycol (PEG)] for fiber production was evaluated and solutions containing 5 wt% BCNW were used to generate electrospun hybrid PLA fibers. These fibers presented a homogeneous morphology, as assessed by scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy images demonstrated that BCNW were well distributed along the fibers. Differential scanning calorimetry analyses showed that the incorporation of PEG into the fibers resulted in a Tg drop due to a plasticization effect and decreased thermal stability as a result of low interactions between the matrix and the BCNW. Subsequently, fibers were produced from the selected solutions (HFP and acetone–chloroform) containing up to 15 wt% BCNW. As a result of the great increase in the viscosity of the solutions, lower solids contents were required, leading to a better dispersion and incorporation degree of BCNW within the fibers. HFP was found to be a more suitable solvent, since higher incorporation levels were estimated by X-ray diffraction and improved matrix–filler interactions were suggested by a slight increase in the Tg of the fibers.
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