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Characterization and properties of biodegradable thermoplastic grafted starch films by different contents of methacrylic acid. 2019

Chayapa Weerapoprasit, and Jutarat Prachayawarakorn

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL), Bangkok 10520, Thailand.

Due to poor mechanical and thermal properties of native starch (NS) film; in the present work; NS was modified by graft copolymerization. Thermoplastic starch (TPS) grafted by methacrylic acid (MAA) with different percentage of grafting, i.e., 0%, 18.3%, 36.3%, 52.1% and 89.7% were prepared and tested. The result demonstrated that the intensity of IR peak of acrylic group increased with the increasing percentage of grafting. The higher graft copolymerization with MAA also significantly reduced degree of crystallinity. The strain at maximum load of TPS film grafted by MAA increased with the increasing percentage of grafting. However, water uptake of TPS film grafted by MAA reduced with high percentage of grafting (52.1% and 89.7%). In addition, different TPS films grafted by MAA were also examined for morphology, water vapor permeability, thermal property and biodegradable property by soil buried test.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008689	Methacrylates	Acrylic acids or acrylates which are substituted in the C-2 position with a methyl group.	Methacrylate
D013213	Starch	Any of a group of polysaccharides of the general formula (C6-H10-O5)n, composed of a long-chain polymer of glucose in the form of amylose and amylopectin. It is the chief storage form of energy reserve (carbohydrates) in plants.	Amylomaize Starch,Amylum,Cornstarch,Keoflo,Starch, Amylomaize
D013696	Temperature	The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.	Temperatures
D013718	Tensile Strength	The maximum stress a material subjected to a stretching load can withstand without tearing. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed, p2001)	Strength, Tensile,Strengths, Tensile,Tensile Strengths
D014867	Water	A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)	Hydrogen Oxide
D063566	Biodegradable Plastics	Organic polymeric materials which can be broken down by naturally occurring processes. This includes plastics created from bio-based or petrochemical-based materials.	Compostable Plastics,Biodegradable Plastic,Compostable Plastic,Plastic, Biodegradable,Plastic, Compostable,Plastics, Biodegradable,Plastics, Compostable