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Lemon essential oil desorption from polypropylene/talc nanocomposite films

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A phenomenological analysis on desorption mechanism of lemon essential oil in semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites is performed. Films were made of polypropylene and talc nanoparticles obtained by blown extrusion were used as a case study due to the high complexity of sorption phenomena in such systems containing a semicrystalline polymer and nucleating particles. In this sense, a systematic analysis combining both morphological effects and intrinsic properties of each component was considered. Talc characteristics, e.g., morphology, surface chemistry, oil absorption properties, mean particle size and its distribution, and impurity presence, were considered in desorption analysis. Regarding semicrystalline matrix, morphological and crystalline changes induced by talc nanoparticles and processing were included in this study. Desorption of lemon essential oil from nanocomposite films with different talc concentrations (0, 1, and 5 wt%) which have distinctive and well characterized morphologies was evaluated through gravimetric and thermogravimetric analysis. Results show that polypropylene film has a desorption rate higher than nanocomposites containing 5 wt%, but lower than those with 1 wt% talc. This behavior is a consequence of the global crystallinity configuration changes produced by nanoparticle concentration and film obtaining process. It is revealed that simplified and conventional approaches that consider tortuosity as unique effect of particle presence in nanocomposite mass transport do not allow to comprehend the desorption mechanism involved in a complex system such as the semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites. The present study gives additional insight into the complex mechanism involved in desorption of strongly swelling oil in nanocomposite films based on semicrystalline polymers and mineral nucleating particles.

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    Yanela N. Alonso, Ana L. Grafia, Luciana A. Castillo & Silvia E. Barbosa

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Alonso, Y.N., Grafia, A.L., Castillo, L.A. et al. Lemon essential oil desorption from polypropylene/talc nanocomposite films. Iran Polym J 25, 999–1008 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13726-016-0485-x

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