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| العنوان: |
Valorization of Rice Straw into Cellulose Microfibers for the Reinforcement of Thermoplastic Corn Starch Films. |
| المؤلفون: |
Freitas, Pedro A. V., Arias, Carla I. La Fuente, Torres-Giner, Sergio, González-Martínez, Chelo, Chiralt, Amparo |
| المصدر: |
Applied Sciences (2076-3417); Sep2021, Vol. 11 Issue 18, p8433, 20p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
RICE straw, MICROFIBERS, CELLULOSE, CORNSTARCH, BIOPOLYMERS, VAPOR barriers |
| مستخلص: |
Application Feature: Cellulose microfibers (CMFs) obtained from rice straw (RS) waste represent an environmentally friendly alternative to mechanically reinforce thermoplastic starch (TPS) films. Moreover, their combination with starch modified by dry heating (DH) results in novel biopolymer films with higher barrier to water vapor that can be of application interest in, for instance, food packaging. In the present study, agro-food waste derived rice straw (RS) was valorized into cellulose microfibers (CMFs) using a green process of combined ultrasound and heating treatments and were thereafter used to improve the physical properties of thermoplastic starch films (TPS). Mechanical defibrillation of the fibers gave rise to CMFs with cumulative frequencies of length and diameters below 200 and 5–15 µm, respectively. The resultant CMFs were successfully incorporated at, 1, 3, and 5 wt% into TPS by melt mixing and also starch was subjected to dry heating (DH) modification to yield TPS modified by dry heating (TPSDH). The resultant materials were finally shaped into films by thermo-compression and characterized. It was observed that both DH modification and fiber incorporation at 3 and 5 wt% loadings interfered with the starch gelatinization, leading to non-gelatinized starch granules in the biopolymer matrix. Thermo-compressed films prepared with both types of starches and reinforced with 3 wt% CMFs were more rigid (percentage increases of ~215% for TPS and ~207% for the TPSDH), more resistant to break (~100% for TPS and ~60% for TPSDH), but also less extensible (~53% for TPS and ~78% for TPSDH). The incorporation of CMFs into the TPS matrix at the highest contents also promoted a decrease in water vapor (~15%) and oxygen permeabilities (~30%). Finally, all the TPS composite films showed low changes in terms of optical properties and equilibrium moisture, being less soluble in water than the TPSDH films. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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