Diethanolamides of Castor Oil as Polyols for the Development of Water-Blown Polyurethane FoamJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 19 - Trang 698-705 - 2011
Aruna Palanisamy, B. S. Rao, Shaik Mehazabeen
Castor oil was chemically modified into a diethanolamide by a two step process. The first step was the hydroxylation of double bonds in castor oil and second step was the transamidation using diethanolamine to increase the hydroxyl value. Water blown polyurethane foams were developed with this castor oil based polyol using polypropylene glycol of molecular weight 1,000 as the copolyol and polymeri...... hiện toàn bộ
Comparison of Conventional and Microwave-assisted Extraction of Pectin from Watermelon RindJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 31 - Trang 3363-3371 - 2023
Mohammad Majid, Saideh Fallah-Joshaqani, Mohsen Dalvi-Isfahan, Radmehr Hamdami
Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) and conventional heating extraction (CHE) techniques have been employed to extract pectin from watermelon rind. Pectin extraction was performed under microwave irradiation at different power levels (100, 300, and 500 W) and irradiation times and compared with the CHE method. MAE method exhibits much higher efficiency than conventional extraction and the highest ...... hiện toàn bộ
Study on Biodegradable Starch/OMMT Nanocomposites for Packaging ApplicationsJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 17 - Trang 203-207 - 2009
Penggang Ren, Tingting Shen, Fang Wang, Xing Wang, Zhengwei Zhang
The thermoplastic starch (TPS) and nanocomposite(TPS/OMMT) was prepared with 15% carbamide, 15% ethanolamine and different contents of organic activated montmorillonite (OMMT) by twin-screw extruder with a 130 °C barrel temperature. Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy and wide angle X-ray diffraction shown that the alkylamine in dodecyl benzyl dimethyl ammonium bromide could react with MMT vi...... hiện toàn bộ
Influence of Organically Modified Nanoclay on Thermal and Combustion Properties of Bagasse Reinforced HDPE NanocompositesJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 25 - Trang 1198-1207 - 2016
Behzad Kord, Pouria Ravanfar, Nadir Ayrilmis
The nanocomposites of high density polyethylene (HDPE)/bagasse flour (BF) with different contents of the organomodified montmorillonite (OMMT) were produced by melt blending process. The thermal stability and combustion behavior of nanocomposites were characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry, and cone calorimeter tests. The results of TGA data of the nan...... hiện toàn bộ
Single-Plant Biocomposite from Ricinus Communis: Preparation, Properties and Environmental PerformanceJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 21 - Trang 366-374 - 2012
M. T. Heitzmann, M. Veidt, C. T. Ng, B. Lindenberger, M. Hou, R. Truss, C. K. Liew
A single-plant biobased composite material was prepared from fibre and matrix constituents produced from the castor plant, ricinus communis. It is shown that the mechanical properties of the castor plant fibres are comparable to those of other bast fibres and that the stiffness and strength characteristics of the castor fibre/polyamide 11 biocomposite compare well with those of other natural fibre...... hiện toàn bộ
Enhancing the Oil Adsorption Properties of Cellulose Nanofiber Aerogels Through Chemical ModificationJournal of Polymers and the Environment - - Trang 1-10 - 2023
Sara Sadat Fazel, Mehdi Jonoobi, Kambiz Pourtahmasi, Sima Sepahvand, Alireza Ashori
The primary objective of the study was to develop a method for enhancing the oil adsorption capacity of cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) by modifying their surface. To achieve this goal, aerogels were first dried in a freeze dryer, followed by surface hydrophobization of CNFs using hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS) as the modifier. The optimal concentration of the HDTMS for enhancing the nanofiber’s su...... hiện toàn bộ
PLA and Organoclays Nanocomposites: Degradation Process and Evaluation of ecotoxicity Using Allium cepa as Test OrganismJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 21 - Trang 1052-1063 - 2013
Patrícia Moraes Sinohara Souza, Nádia Aline Corroqué, Ana Rita Morales, Maria Aparecida Marin-Morales, Lucia Helena Innocentini Mei
In this study, nanocomposites of PLA and organoclays Cloisite 20A and Cloisite 30B were prepared by the melt intercalation method and the obtained samples were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Since composting is an important proposal to the final disposal of biopolymers, the influence of clays on the hydrolytic degradation process of PLA was evaluated by visual analysis an...... hiện toàn bộ
The Integration of Methylene Blue Decolorization with Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production Using Enterobacter Strain TS1LJournal of Polymers and the Environment - Tập 31 - Trang 1202-1208 - 2022
Thanaphorn Rakkan, Nisa Paichid, Kanokphorn Sangkharak
The present study focused on the decolorization of methylene blue (MB) and the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by Enterobacter strain TS1L using PHA medium containing 50 mg/l of MB. The highest PHA production at 56.02 ± 6.26% of dry cell weight (% DCW) was observed after 24 h of cultivation, while the most effective dye decolorization at 92.57 ± 0.03% was observed after 72 h of cultivatio...... hiện toàn bộ