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JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Volume 54, Issue 10, Pages 655-661Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2017.1317211
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Pectin; Germanium dioxide; Solvothermal; Structural materials; Electrical properties; TEM; Antibacterial
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The combination of pectins and germanium dioxide may generate novel materials with excellent and unique properties combining the advantages of macromolecules, derived from renewable resources and metal oxide nanoparticles. Pectin-GeO2 nanocomposite was prepared by hydrothermal method at room temperature. Structural morphology and chemical interactions between GeO2 and pectin were analyzed using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Equipped with Attenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR), AC impedance spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrophotometer (SEM-EDS) Thermo gravimetric analysis (TG) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). According to the TEM observation, the average composite granules size was about 70nm and the embedded GeO2 nanoparticles were uniform with an average diameter of 20nm. The pectin-germanium dioxide degradation was observed in one single DSC endoderm peak at 100 degrees C (Area swept 276.4 mJ and enthalpy change 48.1 J/g) and three DTG peaks in the temperature range between 165 and 570 degrees C. All the results suggest the pectin-GeO2 nanocomposite as a promising candidate for biomedical and environmental applications.
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