Journal article
Study of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/Bamboo Pulp Fiber Composites: Effects of Nucleation Agent and Compatibilizer
Journal of polymers and the environment, Vol.16(2), pp.83-93
04/2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/111076
Abstract
In this study, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/bamboo pulp fiber (BPF) composites were prepared by melt compounding and injection molding. The crystallization ability, tensile strength and modulus, flexural strength and modulus, and impact strength were found substantially increased by the addition of BPF. Tensile and flexural elongations were also moderately increased at low fiber contents (<20%). BPF demonstrated not only higher strength and modulus, but also higher failure strain than the PHBV8 matrix. Boron nitride (BN) was also investigated as a nucleation agent for PHBV8 and maleic anhydride grafted PHBV8 (MA-PHBV8) as a compatibilizer for the composite system. BN was found to increase the overall properties of the neat polymer and the composites due to refined crystalline structures. MA-PHBV8 improved polymer/fiber interactions and therefore resulted in increased strength and modulus. However, the toughness of the composites was substantially reduced due to the hindrance to fiber pullout, a major energy dissipation source during the composite deformation.
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- Title
- Study of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV)/Bamboo Pulp Fiber Composites: Effects of Nucleation Agent and Compatibilizer
- Creators
- Long Jiang - Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory & Materials Science Program Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USAJijun Huang - Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USAJun Qian - Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory & Materials Science Program Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USAFeng Chen - Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory & Materials Science Program Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USAJinwen Zhang - Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory & Materials Science Program Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USAMichael Wolcott - Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory & Materials Science Program Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USAYawei Zhu - Department of Materials Engineering Soochow University Suzhou 215021 People’s Republic of China
- Publication Details
- Journal of polymers and the environment, Vol.16(2), pp.83-93
- Academic Unit
- Office of Clean Technology; Composite Materials and Engineering Center
- Publisher
- Springer US; Boston
- Identifiers
- 99900547388001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article