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JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 241-254Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10924-016-0767-6
Keywords
Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers; Bacterial cellulose nanocrystals; Oxygen barrier; Ball milling
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- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [BES-2010-038203]
- MINECO [MAT2012-38947-C02-01]
- FP7 ECOBIOCAP project
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The aim of this study was the assessment of high energy ball milling technique to develop poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) nanocomposites containing bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers (BCNW). Crystallization behaviour of PHBV/BCNW nanocomposites was studied under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions using differential scanning calorimetry. The changes in PHBV crystalline structure were also studied using X-ray diffraction. The results confirmed that BCNW acted as nucleating agents and, hence, favored the crystallization of the PHBV. The oxygen permeability of the nanocomposites was reduced by 22 % when compared to that of the neat PHBV. This work provides a new insight into the development of polyhydroxyalkanoate composites by means of the high energy ball milling technique.
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