High Barrier Nanocomposite Film with Accelerated Biodegradation by Clay Swelling Induced Fragmentation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mame.202100727" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mame.202100727</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mame.202100727" target="_blank" >10.1002/mame.202100727</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

High Barrier Nanocomposite Film with Accelerated Biodegradation by Clay Swelling Induced Fragmentation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Conventional biodegradable polymers such as poly(lactic acid) (PLA) are an attractive alternative to replace traditional nondegradable food packaging films which plague the environment. However, PLA has shown to not be degradable in some environmentally relevant conditions, including within the freshwater systems. Additionally, PLA suffers from very poor barrier properties, which could result in food spoilage. Compositing with clay has been used to improve barrier properties according to tortuous path theory. Here a synthetic, large aspect ratio Na-Hectorite is used that may be utterly delaminated in an organic solvent and composited with PLA by modification with 18-crown-6 (18C6Hec), yielding a castable, homogeneous nematic suspension. Upon drying, thermodynamics drive the suspension toward segregation into sublayers of PLA and partially restacked 18C6Hec in situ. This unique self-assembled nanostructure combines the best of two worlds: The aspect ratio remains high and results in a 99.3% reduction in oxygen permeability. Additionally, the film shows surprisingly high resistance to swelling at elevated humidity, but once soaked in water, clay swelling is triggered, which fragments the film and drastically increases the surface area by 2500%. Accelerated degradation is observed under controlled enzymatic conditions and in an environmentally relevant wastewater medium during CO2 evolution testing.

Název v anglickém jazyce

High Barrier Nanocomposite Film with Accelerated Biodegradation by Clay Swelling Induced Fragmentation

Popis výsledku anglicky

Conventional biodegradable polymers such as poly(lactic acid) (PLA) are an attractive alternative to replace traditional nondegradable food packaging films which plague the environment. However, PLA has shown to not be degradable in some environmentally relevant conditions, including within the freshwater systems. Additionally, PLA suffers from very poor barrier properties, which could result in food spoilage. Compositing with clay has been used to improve barrier properties according to tortuous path theory. Here a synthetic, large aspect ratio Na-Hectorite is used that may be utterly delaminated in an organic solvent and composited with PLA by modification with 18-crown-6 (18C6Hec), yielding a castable, homogeneous nematic suspension. Upon drying, thermodynamics drive the suspension toward segregation into sublayers of PLA and partially restacked 18C6Hec in situ. This unique self-assembled nanostructure combines the best of two worlds: The aspect ratio remains high and results in a 99.3% reduction in oxygen permeability. Additionally, the film shows surprisingly high resistance to swelling at elevated humidity, but once soaked in water, clay swelling is triggered, which fragments the film and drastically increases the surface area by 2500%. Accelerated degradation is observed under controlled enzymatic conditions and in an environmentally relevant wastewater medium during CO2 evolution testing.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10404 - Polymer science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

ISSN

1438-7492

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

307

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

000730721000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85121345154