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Bionanocomposite Blown Films: Insights on the Rheological and Mechanical Behavior.

Luigi BottaFrancesco Paolo La MantiaMaria Chiara MistrettaRossella ArrigoGiulio MalucelliFrancesco Leto

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Materials scienceBiopolymerPolymers and PlasticsPlastics extrusionrheological behaviorbiopolymersengineering.materialmechanical propertiesViscoelasticityArticlelcsh:QD241-441BionanocompositeRheologylcsh:Organic chemistrybiopolymers; bionanocomposites; nanoclays; rheological behavior; mechanical properties; film blowing processComposite materialPolyethylene matrixbionanocompositesGeneral ChemistryCharacterization (materials science)Settore ING-IND/22 - Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materialifilm blowing processHomogeneousengineeringNanoclayBiopolymerDispersion (chemistry)Film blowing proceMechanical propertienanoclays

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In this work, bionanocomposites based on two different types of biopolymers belonging to the MaterBi® family and containing two kinds of modified nanoclays were compounded in a twin-screw extruder and then subjected to a film blowing process, aiming at obtaining sustainable films potentially suitable for packaging applications. The preliminary characterization of the extruded bionanocomposites allowed establishing some correlations between the obtained morphology and the material rheological and mechanical behavior. More specifically, the morphological analysis showed that, regardless of the type of biopolymeric matrix, a homogeneous nanofiller dispersion was achieved

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-04-05Polymers
10.3390/polym13071167https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33916477