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New Non-food-Based Composites of Acorn Nutlet and Polycaprolactone: Preparation and Characterization Evaluation

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Two dissimilar renewable resource-based thermoplastic acorn nutlet (TPAN) materials were prepared via twin-screw extrusion with the aid of glycerol or monoethanolamine as plasticizers, and then two TPAN/polycaprolactone (PCL) composites with different plasticized systems were prepared. Mechanical test showed that glycerol-based composites had excellent tensile properties, and at a PCL content of 50 wt%, their tensile strength and elongation at break reached 14.4 MPa and 1,361 %, respectively. The micro-morphologic investigation of liquid-nitrogen brittle fracture surface indicated certain interface adhesion between glycerol-based thermoplastic acorn nutlet (GTPAN) and PCL. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis , differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis demonstrated that the weight ratios of TPAN in composites significantly affected the crystallinity, glass transition temperature (Tg), melting temperature (Tm) and thermal stability of composites. Soil burial degradation analysis displayed that all composites had excellent biodegradability. These results demonstrated that GTPAN/PCL composites had superior mechanical and biodegradable properties, enough to partially replace the conventional thermoplastic plastics.

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This project was supported by the National Technology R&D Program of China, Grant Number: 2012BAD32B01.

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  1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forestry Products, CAF, Nanjing, 210042 , China

    Shouhai Li, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Jianling Xia & Yuzhi Xu

  2. Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Material, Nanjing, 210042, Jiangsu Province, China

    Shouhai Li, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Jianling Xia & Yuzhi Xu

  3. National Engineering Laboratory for Biomass Chemical Utilization, Nanjing, 210042, China

    Shouhai Li, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Jianling Xia & Yuzhi Xu

  4. Key and Laboratory on Forest Chemical Engineering, SFA, Nanjing, 210042, China

    Shouhai Li, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Jianling Xia & Yuzhi Xu

  5. Institute of Forest New Technology, CAF, Beijing, 100091, China

    Shouhai Li, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Jianling Xia & Yuzhi Xu

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Li, S., Wang, C., Chu, F. et al. New Non-food-Based Composites of Acorn Nutlet and Polycaprolactone: Preparation and Characterization Evaluation. J Polym Environ 21, 1072–1082 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-013-0592-0

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