Water absorption and enzymatic degradation of poly(lactic acid)/rice starch composites

By G. H. Yew, A. Yusof, Z. Ishak, U. Ishiaku. 2005

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Seawater ageing of flax/poly(lactic acid) biocomposites (2009, background): “For example, for the rice starch(20%)/PLA biocomposites studied in [14] aged in water for 30 days at 30°C the tensile modulus dropped from 3.”
Key Improvements in Interfacial Adhesion and Dispersion of Fibers/Fillers in Polymer Matrix Composites; Focus on PLA Matrix Composites (2021, methodology): “8 GPa for functionalized BC) [156,157] compared with both unmodified and neat PLA films at 10% fiber loading.”
Biodegradation Studies of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Corn Starch Blend Films in Solid and Solution Media (2011, background): “This observation was due to the PVOH/CS films absorbing more of the amylase solution than pure PVOH because of the excess of –OH group that facilitated the penetration of α- and β-amylase into the PVOH/CS blend films and subsequently enhanced the amylase attack on the corn starch.(18) The films tend”
Long term immersion in natural seawater of Flax/PLA biocomposite (2014, result): “Nevertheless, these results correlated well with published values (Deroiné et al.; Yew et al., 2005).”
Accelerated ageing of polylactide in aqueous environments: Comparative study between distilled water and seawater (2014, methodology): “[15] followed the degradation at 30°C in water (the authors do not detail the nature of water) for 1 month.”
Effect of fibre treatments on interfacial shear strength of hemp fibre reinforced polylactide and unsaturated polyester composites (2011, result): “A similar observation has also been reported for the PLA/rice starch composites by other researchers [22].”
Characterization of hydrolytic degradation of polylactic acid/rice hulls composites in water at different temperatures (2011, background): “The absorption of water by PLA biocomposites at these temperatures can lead to moderate change in their properties depending on filler contents [2, 18].”
Polymer biodegradation: mechanisms and estimation techniques. (2008, background): “The design of materials with controlled life span needs the choice of specific monomers to obtain a copolymer with the wanted hydrophilic characteristics (Le Digabel and Averous, 2006; Yew et al., 2006).”
Kenaf fiber reinforced composites: A review (2011, background): “Matrix such as polyester, are easily hydrolyzed by moisture, resulting in a molecular weight reduction [41,42].”