PMID- 29673143
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2018 Apr 17
TI  - Injection Molding and Mechanical Properties of Bio-Based Polymer Nanocomposites.
LID - 10.3390/ma11040613 [doi]
LID - 613
AB  - The use of biodegradable/bio-based polymers is of great importance in addressing 
      several issues related to environmental protection, public health, and new, 
      stricter legislation. Yet some applications require improved properties (such as 
      barrier or mechanical properties), suggesting the use of nanosized fillers in 
      order to obtain bio-based polymer nanocomposites. In this work, bionanocomposites 
      based on two different biodegradable polymers (coming from the Bioflex and 
      MaterBi families) and two different nanosized fillers (organo-modified clay and 
      hydrophobic-coated precipitated calcium carbonate) were prepared and compared 
      with traditional nanocomposites with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) as matrix. 
      In particular, the injection molding processability, as well as the mechanical 
      and rheological properties of the so-obtained bionanocomposites were 
      investigated. It was found that the processability of the two biodegradable 
      polymers and the related nanocomposites can be compared to that of the HDPE-based 
      systems and that, in general, the bio-based systems can be taken into account as 
      suitable alternatives.
FAU - Mistretta, Maria Chiara
AU  - Mistretta MC
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of 
      Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. 
      mariachiara.mistretta@unipa.it.
FAU - Botta, Luigi
AU  - Botta L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5479-2803
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of 
      Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. 
      luigi.botta@unipa.it.
FAU - Morreale, Marco
AU  - Morreale M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7061-9103
AD  - Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Kore University of Enna, Viale delle 
      Olimpiadi, 94100 Enna, Italy. marco.morreale@unikore.it.
FAU - Rifici, Sebastiano
AU  - Rifici S
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of 
      Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. 
      rifici.sebastiano@gmail.com.
FAU - Ceraulo, Manuela
AU  - Ceraulo M
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of 
      Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. 
      manuela.ceraulo@unipa.it.
FAU - La Mantia, Francesco Paolo
AU  - La Mantia FP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0452-0519
AD  - Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering, RU INSTM of 
      Palermo, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze ed.6, 90128 Palermo, Italy. 
      francescopaolo.lamantia@unipa.it.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180417
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC5951497
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - biodegradable polymers
OT  - injection molding
OT  - nanocomposites
OT  - processing
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2018/04/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/04/21 06:01
PMCR- 2018/04/17
CRDT- 2018/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/03/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/04/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/04/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma11040613 [pii]
AID - materials-11-00613 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma11040613 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2018 Apr 17;11(4):613. doi: 10.3390/ma11040613.