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Nanocomposite films of PLA/PBAT blends incorporated with porous clay heterostructure from mixed surfactant systems and their effect of temperature and pressure on dielectric properties

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The dielectric nanocomposite films with excellent dielectric behaviour was successfully prepared by compatibilized poly(lactic acid)/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PLA/PBAT) blends with porous clay heterostructure (PCH) from mixed surfactant of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetyltrimethy ammonium chloride (CTAC) using melt-mixing process. The results demonstrated that the dielectric constant (ɛr) increased with increasing temperature from -50 °C to 120 °C at 104 Hz, indicating that the α-relaxation of main chain segments was occurred and the mobility of main chain could reorient the dipolar group, side group and end group to the same direction, and also increased at the temperature higher than glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer matrix and remained constant under a wide range of temperature because the rigidity of PCH decreased the mobility of the main chain segments. Furthermore, the disordered (α′) to ordered (α) phase transition is confirmed by the strong (110)/(200) and (203) reflection peaks, implying dipole alignment from the ordered main chain segments. In addition, after applying the pressure, the results demonstrated the change in charge density with increasing pressure, leading to a change in capacitance and the dielectric constant. Thus, this dielectric material with sensing and monitoring properties had considerable promise for a dielectric sensor.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Chulalongkorn University 100th Anniversary Fund for Doctoral Scholarship and the Chulalongkorn University 90th Anniversary Fund (Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund), as well as the Graduate School of Chulalongkorn University. Thai Nippon Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. provided support for the materials. The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University provided all the facilities for the instruments.

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    Suchinda Chotiradsirikun, Bhumin Than-ardna & Hathaikarn Manuspiya

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, 78249, USA

    RuYan Guo & Amar S. Bhalla

  3. Center of Excellence On Petrochemical and Materials Technology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

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Chotiradsirikun, S., Than-ardna, B., Guo, R. et al. Nanocomposite films of PLA/PBAT blends incorporated with porous clay heterostructure from mixed surfactant systems and their effect of temperature and pressure on dielectric properties. J Polym Res 30, 95 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-023-03465-4

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