Biopolymer-clay nanocomposites: cassava starch and synthetic clay cast films

• Autor(a) principal: Perotti,Gustavo F.
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Tronto,Jairo, Bizeto,Marcos A., Izumi,Celly M. S., Temperini,Marcia L. A., Lugão,Ademar B., Parra,Duclerc F., Constantino,Vera R. L.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532014000200015
• topic: nanocomposites; clays; starch; cassava; layered silicates; laponite

Polymer-clay nanocomposites (PCN) based on cassava starch, synthetic hectorite clay and inverted sugar cane syrup (plasticizer) were prepared by solvent-assisted (casting) process producing transparent and homogeneous films. Small amounts of clay (5-15 wt.%) resulted mainly in exfoliated nanocomposites while large amounts (30 wt.%) promote the intercalated nanocomposites formation. FT-Raman bands sensitive to hydrogen bonding in starch granules are progressively shifted to lower wavenumbers as the clay content is raised. Nanocomposites show a similar thermal behavior up to 320 ºC while the biomolecule decomposition at about 500 ºC is dependent on the clay content. CO2 release at about 300 ºC (non-oxidative decomposition of polymeric chains) decreases if compared to the gas delivery at ca. 500 ºC, as the clay content is increased. Films with clay content higher than 10 wt.% show no substantial benefit for either elongation or resistance properties.