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Araucaria Araucana thermoplastic starch nanocomposite films reinforced with nanocellulose

  • A. Nazrin , A. S. Norfarhana , R. A. Ilyas ORCID logo EMAIL logo , S.M. Sapuan EMAIL logo , A. Khalina , R. M. O. Syafiq , M.R.M. Huzaifah , Ashraf Azmi , P. S. Khoo , Abu Hassan Nordin ORCID logo , H. S. N. Hawanis and S. A. Hassan
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Abstract

Araucaria Araucana starch is a raw material with proven potential in obtaining biodegradable polymers. Plasticization improves the flexibility characteristics of starch-based films, however, they still tend to have low tensile strength and high hydrophilicity. The addition of nanocellulose is a technique to improve these characteristics. In this paper, the effects of adding different sources and concentrations of nanocellulose (NC) on the properties of thermoplastic Araucaria Araucana films are addressed. One can highlight, the main effects are the increase of tensile strength and transparency of the films along with the reduction of water vapor permeability and water solubility. Further studies involving the reinforcement of Araucaria Araucana starch and nanocellulose should be conducted to overcome the lack of information.

Keywords: Araucaria Araucana ; biopolymer; celluloses; nanocellulose; nanocomposite; thermoplastic starch
Corresponding authors: R. A. Ilyas, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia; Centre for Advanced Composite Materials, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia; and Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 02600, Arau, Perlis, Malaysia, E-mail: ; and Salit Mohd Sapuan, Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Center (AEMC), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering, 43400 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, E-mail:

Funding source: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Award Identifier / Grant number: PY/2022/02318†Q.J130000.3851.21H99

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The authors would like express gratitude for the financial support received from the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for the project “The impact of Malaysian bamboos’ chemical and fibre char-acteristics on their pulp and paper properties”, grant number PY/2022/02318—Q.J130000.3851.21H99. The research has been carried out under the programme, Research Excel-lence Consortium (JPT (BPKI) 1000/016/018/25 (57)), provided by the Ministry of Higher Educa-tion Malaysia (MOHE).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2023-01-09
Accepted: 2023-03-24
Published Online: 2023-05-09

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Keywords for this article
Araucaria Araucana; biopolymer; celluloses; nanocellulose; nanocomposite; thermoplastic starch

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