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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages 51-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.08.011
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Spent coffee grounds; Polylactide; Polymer-matrix composites; Environmental degradation
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- Ministry of Science and Technology (Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C.) [MOST 104-2622-E-244-001-CC3]
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The morphology, mechanical properties, and biodegradability of composite materials containing polylactide (PIA) and spent coffee grounds (SCG) were evaluated. Maleic-anhydride-grafted polylactide (PLA-g-MA) and treated, i.e. cross-linked, spent coffee grounds (TSCG) were used to enhance the desired characteristics of these composites. PLA-g-MA/TSCG materials exhibited desirable mechanical properties relative to those of PLA/SCG. This effect was attributed to greater compatibility between the grafted polymer and TSCG. The dispersion of TSCG in the PLA-g-MA matrix was highly homogeneous due to ester formation and resulted in branched and cross-linked macromolecules. Additionally, the PLA-g-MA/TSCG composites exhibited lower melt viscosities and were therefore more easily processed. The water resistance of the PLA-g-MA/TSCG composite was greater than that of PLA/SCG and the mass losses following burial in soil compost indicated that both materials were biodegradable, especially at high levels of SCG substitution. The PLA/SCG and PIA-g-MA/TSCG composites were more biodegradable than neat PEA. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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