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Study of Renewable Silica Powder Influence in the Preparation of Bioplastics from Corn and Potato Starch

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In the present study, 0.5–1.5% silica powder, from sugarcane waste ash, was incorporated into corn and potato starch bioplastics doped with sodium silicate solution to improve the properties of elongation at break and increase the thermal resistance of the bioplastics. The starch-based bioplastics were produced by casting and characterized by color analyses, transparency, opacity apparent, humidity, thickness, tensile strength, elongation at break, FTIR, DSC, SEM, and biodegradation assay. The addition of 0.5% of silica powder improved the elongation at break of the corn starch-based bioplastics. The sample CS5-P0.5 presented the highest percentage of elongation at the break among the studied samples, increased from 59.2% (without silica powder) to 78.9% (with silica powder). For potato starch bioplastic the addition of 0.5% of silica powder did not improve elongation at break but increased the thermal resistance. Increased until 17 °C for PS5-P0.5 sample and until 11 °C for PS7.5-P0.5 sample. The bioplastics of potato starch were biodegraded in 5 days, and those of corn starch took almost 40 days. Silica powder inhibited the growth of fungi in starch bioplastics.

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Acknowledgements

This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001, in part by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—Brazil (CNPq), and in part by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo—Brazil (FAPESP). The authors also are grateful to COSAN S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) for supplying the sugarcane waste ash, the Dra. Paola Corio who made the Spectrometer from Bruker to collect FTIR-ATR spectra available.

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  1. Department of Food Technology, Federal Institute - IF SERTAO-PE, BR 407, Km 08, Jardim São Paulo, Petrolina, PE, CEP: 56314-520, Brazil

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  2. Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN-CNEN/SP), Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 2242, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 05508-000, Brazil

    Luciana C. de Azêvedo, Suzimara Rovani, Djalma B. Dias, Leonardo G. A. Silva & Denise A. Fungaro

  3. Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes, 748, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, CEP: 05508-000, Brazil

    Jonnatan J. Santos

  4. Departamento de Ciências Agrárias/Solos, Federal Institute - IF SERTAO-PE, BR 235, Km 22, Zona Rural, Petrolina, PE, CEP: 56302-970, Brazil

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de Azêvedo, L.C., Rovani, S., Santos, J.J. et al. Study of Renewable Silica Powder Influence in the Preparation of Bioplastics from Corn and Potato Starch. J Polym Environ 29, 707–720 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-020-01911-8

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