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Effect of cellulose derivatives on crystallization and mechanical properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)

  • Jianxiang Chen ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Liqiang Deng , Shentao Gong and Runmiao Yang
Published/Copyright: July 2, 2024
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Journal of Polymer Engineering
From the journal Journal of Polymer Engineering Volume 44 Issue 7

Abstract

In this work, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) was modified by cellulose derivatives, and the effects of different kinds of cellulose derivatives on the crystallization and mechanical properties of PHBV were investigated. The crystallization and mechanical properties of PHBV/cellulose derivatives composites were measured by means of differential scanning calorimeter, polarizing microscope, and mechanical properties testing instruments. Studies show that cellulose acetate (CA) can promote the crystallization of PHBV, a small amount of CA can significantly increase the crystallization temperature of PHBV. The crystallization rate of PHBV was also accelerated by CA. However, the addition of cellulose acetate propionate (CAP) and cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB) decreased the crystallization temperature of PHBV and inhibited the nucleation of PHBV. And the degree of inhibition increased with the increase of CAB and CAP content. CAB and CAP have good compatibility with PHBV, CAB, and CAP can be uniformly dispersed in PHBV. Cellulose derivatives with specific component content can enhance the tensile properties of PHBV without losing the impact strength.

Keywords: crystallization; cellulose derivatives; poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate); mechanical properties
Corresponding author: Jianxiang Chen, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China, E-mail:

Acknowledgments

Jianxiang Chen wishes to acknowledge Professor Defeng Wu and Dr. Chenguang Jiang (Yangzhou University) for the help with testing.

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: Jianxiang Chen: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing – original draft, writing – review & editing. Liqiang Deng: validation, writing – review & editing. Shentao Gong: formal analysis, investigation. Runmiao Yang: resources, writing – review & editing. The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

  5. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2024-02-05
Accepted: 2024-05-28
Published Online: 2024-07-02
Published in Print: 2024-08-27

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