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Nanocomposites Based on Poly(lactic acid) and Bacterial Cellulose Acetylated by an α-Hydroxyacid Catalyzed Route

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Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) nanocomposite films reinforced with acetylated bacterial cellulose nanoribbons were prepared by solvent casting. Acetylation of bacterial cellulose (BC) was performed by an innovative and sustainable direct solvent-free route catalyzed by citric acid. The effect of derivatization and its extent on the morphological, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of the nanocomposites was analyzed. Data collected from the above studies showed that acetylation of BC nanoribbons clearly improved the nanofibers dispersion in the PLA matrix with respect to unmodified BC, which in turn resulted in increased transparency and mechanical properties of the nanocomposites produced.

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Authors acknowledge Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET- PIP 11220150100660) and Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (PICT 2016-0843—PRESTAMO BID) for financial support.

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  1. Centro de Ingeniería del Medio Ambiente (CIMA), Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), Av. Eduardo Madero 399, CP 1106ACD, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jhon Alejandro Ávila Ramírez & María Inés Errea

  2. Grupo de Biotecnología y Biosíntesis, Facultad de Ingeniería, Instituto de Tecnología en Polímeros y Nanotecnología (ITPN-UBA-CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Las Heras 2214, CP 1127AAR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jhon Alejandro Ávila Ramírez, Patricia Cerrutti & María Laura Foresti

  3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Jhon Alejandro Ávila Ramírez, Celina Bernal & María Laura Foresti

  4. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Patricia Cerrutti

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Ávila Ramírez, J.A., Cerrutti, P., Bernal, C. et al. Nanocomposites Based on Poly(lactic acid) and Bacterial Cellulose Acetylated by an α-Hydroxyacid Catalyzed Route. J Polym Environ 27, 510–520 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-019-01367-5

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