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Chiral bio-nanocomposites based on thermally stable poly(amide-imide) having phenylalanine linkages and reactive organoclay containing tyrosine amino acid

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Montmorillonite clay modified with the bio-active trifunctional l-tyrosine amino acid salt was used as a reactive organoclay (OC) for the preparation of poly(amide-imide) (PAI)/OC hybrid films. One of the functional groups of the l-tyrosine as the swelling agent formed an ionic bond with the negatively charged silicates, whereas the remaining functional groups were available for further reaction with polymer matrix. The soluble PAI with amine end groups including phenylalanine amino acid was synthesised under green condition using molten tetra-butylammonium bromide by direct polymerization reaction of chiral diacid and 2-(3,5-diaminophenyl)benzimidazole. PAI/OC bio-nanocomposites films containing different contents of OC were prepared via solution intercalation method through blending of OC with the PAI solution. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy revealed that the dispersion of silicate layers in the PAI created an exfoliated structure as a result of using the trifunctional groups of the swelling agent. The structure and thermal behavior of the synthesised materials were characterized by a range of methods, including X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, 1H-NMR, electron microscopy, elemental and thermogravimetric analysis techniques. Thermogravimetric analysis results indicated that the addition of OC into the PAI matrix was increased in the thermal decomposition temperatures of the resulted bio-nanocomposites.

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The authors wish to sincerely thank the Research Affairs Division Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Isfahan, for partial financial support. Further financial support from National Elite Foundation (NEF), Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) and Center of Excellency in Sensors and Green Chemistry Research (IUT) is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Dr. H. Jalili for the English editing.

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    Shadpour Mallakpour & Mohammad Dinari

  2. Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute, Isfahan University of Technology, 84156, 83111, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran

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Mallakpour, S., Dinari, M. Chiral bio-nanocomposites based on thermally stable poly(amide-imide) having phenylalanine linkages and reactive organoclay containing tyrosine amino acid. Amino Acids 44, 1021–1029 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-012-1436-2

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