Mechanical properties of polymer biocomposites are influenced by the interaction between matrix and filler surface. In this work, composites based on poly(butylene-adipate-terephthalate) (PBAT) filled with micrometric particles zein-TiO2 complex (ZTC) were realized via solvent casting technique at different concentrations, equal to 0, 5, 10, 20 wt%. After pelletization, resulting materials inje...

Segmented block copolymers based on dimerized fatty acids and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) have been synthesized in the melt. Branched C36, C44 and C70 dimerized fatty acids with a low degree of unsaturation were used. The fraction of PBT was varied from 50 to 100 wt%. The resulting polymers were analysed with d.s.c, and d.m.a. The glass transition temperature (T~) increased with increasi...

The effects of the incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) with a diameter range of 10-30 nm on the shear-induced crystallization behavior of poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) were investigated under myriad shearing and loading conditions employing principally the small-amplitude oscillatory shear flow. Upon shearing, the presence of MWNTs leads to the crystallization of the PBT n...