Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites

Effatin Azma Mohd Asri Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri; Zainoha Zakaria; Azman Hassan; Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad Kassim; Reza Arjmandi

doi:10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002

Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites

Effatin Azma Mohd Asri Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri, Zainoha Zakaria, Azman Hassan^*, Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad Kassim, Reza Arjmandi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The incorporation of fermented chitin nanowhiskers (FCHW) into poly(lactic acid) (PLA) increased the tensile modulus and strength of PLA at the expense of ductility. The brittleness of PLA can be overcome with the use of plasticizer such as polyethylene glycols (PEG). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of FCHW on the tensile and thermal properties PLA incorporated with PEG as plasticizer (PLA/PEG). PLA/PEG and FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites were prepared using solution mixing technique. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to determine the thermal properties while tensile properties were determined from the tensile test. The incorporation of PEG successfully increased the ductility and tensile strength of PLA at the expense of modulus. Based on the tensile properties, 5 phr PEG was chosen for further investigation on the effect of FCHW on PEG modified PLA. Incorporation of 1 phr FCHW PLA/PEG increased the tensile strength and Young's modulus. However, the tensile strength decreased with further addition of FCHW. The elongation at break of PLA/PEG decreased drastically with the incorporation of 1 phr FCHW and decreased gradually with further increase of FCHW. The thermal stability from TGA of FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites at 5 phr FCHW content was observed to be significantly higher compared to PLA/PEG, as indicated by T20 and Tmax.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	154-165
Number of pages	12
Journal	Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

Bibliographical note

©Copyright Asri et al. This
article is distributed under
the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution
License, which permits
unrestricted use and
redistribution provided that
the original author and
source are credited.

Funding:
The author would like to thank Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the research facilities and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for financial support through FRGS Grant 4F377.

Keywords

Chitin
Nanocomposites
Nanowhiskers
Poly(ethylene glycol)
Polylactic acid

Access to Document

10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002Licence: CC BY 4.0

Exploring the Effects of Fermented Chitin Nanowhiskers
©Copyright Asri et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
Final published version, 676 KBLicence: CC BY 4.0

Cite this

Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri, E. A. M. A., Zakaria, Z., Hassan, A., Kassim, M. H. M., & Arjmandi, R. (2021). Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 17(2), 154-165. https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002

@article{7264f74c7ef549bf98613998fd26be8e,

title = "Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites",

abstract = "The incorporation of fermented chitin nanowhiskers (FCHW) into poly(lactic acid) (PLA) increased the tensile modulus and strength of PLA at the expense of ductility. The brittleness of PLA can be overcome with the use of plasticizer such as polyethylene glycols (PEG). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of FCHW on the tensile and thermal properties PLA incorporated with PEG as plasticizer (PLA/PEG). PLA/PEG and FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites were prepared using solution mixing technique. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to determine the thermal properties while tensile properties were determined from the tensile test. The incorporation of PEG successfully increased the ductility and tensile strength of PLA at the expense of modulus. Based on the tensile properties, 5 phr PEG was chosen for further investigation on the effect of FCHW on PEG modified PLA. Incorporation of 1 phr FCHW PLA/PEG increased the tensile strength and Young's modulus. However, the tensile strength decreased with further addition of FCHW. The elongation at break of PLA/PEG decreased drastically with the incorporation of 1 phr FCHW and decreased gradually with further increase of FCHW. The thermal stability from TGA of FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites at 5 phr FCHW content was observed to be significantly higher compared to PLA/PEG, as indicated by T20 and Tmax. ",

keywords = "Chitin, Nanocomposites, Nanowhiskers, Poly(ethylene glycol), Polylactic acid",

author = "{Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri}, {Effatin Azma Mohd Asri} and Zainoha Zakaria and Azman Hassan and Kassim, {Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad} and Reza Arjmandi",

note = "{\textcopyright}Copyright Asri et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. Funding: The author would like to thank Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the research facilities and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for financial support through FRGS Grant 4F377. ",

year = "2021",

month = apr,

day = "1",

doi = "10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002",

language = "English",

volume = "17",

pages = "154--165",

number = "2",

}

Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri, EAMA, Zakaria, Z, Hassan, A, Kassim, MHM & Arjmandi, R 2021, 'Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites', Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 154-165. https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002

Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites. / Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri, Effatin Azma Mohd Asri; Zakaria, Zainoha; Hassan, Azman et al.
In: Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 2, 01.04.2021, p. 154-165.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites

AU - Syazeven Effatin Azma Mohd Asri, Effatin Azma Mohd Asri

AU - Zakaria, Zainoha

AU - Hassan, Azman

AU - Kassim, Mohamad Haafiz Mohamad

AU - Arjmandi, Reza

N1 - ©Copyright Asri et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. Funding: The author would like to thank Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for the research facilities and Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia for financial support through FRGS Grant 4F377.

PY - 2021/4/1

Y1 - 2021/4/1

N2 - The incorporation of fermented chitin nanowhiskers (FCHW) into poly(lactic acid) (PLA) increased the tensile modulus and strength of PLA at the expense of ductility. The brittleness of PLA can be overcome with the use of plasticizer such as polyethylene glycols (PEG). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of FCHW on the tensile and thermal properties PLA incorporated with PEG as plasticizer (PLA/PEG). PLA/PEG and FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites were prepared using solution mixing technique. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to determine the thermal properties while tensile properties were determined from the tensile test. The incorporation of PEG successfully increased the ductility and tensile strength of PLA at the expense of modulus. Based on the tensile properties, 5 phr PEG was chosen for further investigation on the effect of FCHW on PEG modified PLA. Incorporation of 1 phr FCHW PLA/PEG increased the tensile strength and Young's modulus. However, the tensile strength decreased with further addition of FCHW. The elongation at break of PLA/PEG decreased drastically with the incorporation of 1 phr FCHW and decreased gradually with further increase of FCHW. The thermal stability from TGA of FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites at 5 phr FCHW content was observed to be significantly higher compared to PLA/PEG, as indicated by T20 and Tmax.

AB - The incorporation of fermented chitin nanowhiskers (FCHW) into poly(lactic acid) (PLA) increased the tensile modulus and strength of PLA at the expense of ductility. The brittleness of PLA can be overcome with the use of plasticizer such as polyethylene glycols (PEG). The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of FCHW on the tensile and thermal properties PLA incorporated with PEG as plasticizer (PLA/PEG). PLA/PEG and FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites were prepared using solution mixing technique. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to determine the thermal properties while tensile properties were determined from the tensile test. The incorporation of PEG successfully increased the ductility and tensile strength of PLA at the expense of modulus. Based on the tensile properties, 5 phr PEG was chosen for further investigation on the effect of FCHW on PEG modified PLA. Incorporation of 1 phr FCHW PLA/PEG increased the tensile strength and Young's modulus. However, the tensile strength decreased with further addition of FCHW. The elongation at break of PLA/PEG decreased drastically with the incorporation of 1 phr FCHW and decreased gradually with further increase of FCHW. The thermal stability from TGA of FCHW reinforced PLA/PEG nanocomposites at 5 phr FCHW content was observed to be significantly higher compared to PLA/PEG, as indicated by T20 and Tmax.

KW - Chitin

KW - Nanocomposites

KW - Nanowhiskers

KW - Poly(ethylene glycol)

KW - Polylactic acid

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106226915&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://mjfas.utm.my/index.php/mjfas/article/view/2002

U2 - 10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002

DO - 10.11113/mjfas.v17n2.2002

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85106226915

VL - 17

SP - 154

EP - 165

JO - Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

JF - Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences

IS - 2

ER -

Exploring the effects of fermented chitin nanowhiskers on tensile and thermal properties of poly(ethylene glycol) modified polylactic acid nanocomposites

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this