a bionanocomposite film was developed by nanoclay incorporation to chitosan films, using a solution casting method and the effects of nanoclay concentration (0.5, 1.0, and 3% w/w) on the physical and mechanical properties of the chitosan films were evaluated. moreover, x-ray diffraction (xrd), scanning electron microscopy, and fourier transform infrared spectra (ftir) were used for studying mic...

This study presents a new bionanocomposite coating on poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) made of pullulan and synthetic mica. Mica nanolayers have a very high aspect ratio (α), at levels much greater than that of conventional exfoliated clay layers (e.g., montmorillonite). A very small amount of mica (0.02 wt %, which is ϕ ≈ 0.00008) in pullulan coatings dramatically improved the oxygen barrier...

Abstract The present study introduces an overview of gentamicin-clay mineral systems for applications in biomedicine and then focuses on the development a series gentamicin/clay hybrid materials to be used as bioactive phase hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC) produce bionanocomposite membranes possessing antimicrobial activity interest wound-dressing applications. Gentamicin (Gt) was adsorbed ...

This study aims to identify the environmental impact in synthesis of antistatic bionanocomposites compared polypropylene synthesis. It is done using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method with SimaPro 9.1.1 software. The results showed that 2% M-DAG and 2.5% CNC can reduce PP. indicated by decline value per categories, namely 4.46% ADP, 3.70% ADP-FF, 4.21% GWP, 4.48% ODP, 4.63% HTP, 5.10% FWAEP, 4....

Abstract In recent times, the attention of scientific community has been focusing on replacement petroleum-based polymers by others more environmentally friendly. this sense, bionanocomposites based glycerol-plasticized wheat starch and reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were prepared a solvent-casting process to obtain friendly films. The plasticization was proven be complete in con...