PMID- 32564842 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210125 LR - 20210125 IS - 1879-1344 (Electronic) IS - 0144-8617 (Linking) VI - 242 DP - 2020 Aug 15 TI - Morphology and properties of thermoplastic starch blended with biodegradable polyester and filled with halloysite nanoclay. PG - 116392 LID - S0144-8617(20)30566-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116392 [doi] AB - The incorporation of halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) into thermoplastic starch/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (TPS/PBAT) blends has been investigated with the aim of improving the compatibility and properties of the matrix. TPS/PBAT/HNTs nano-biocomposites with different TPS/PBAT weight fractions and HNTs contents were elaborated using a melt blending process, and their morphology and properties were investigated. The TPS80/PBAT20 and TPS20/PBAT80 blends exhibited dispersed phases of small droplets of PBAT or TPS, respectively, whereas the TPS50/PBAT50 blend presented a more homogeneous structure. Elongation at break of the TPS/PBAT/HNTs biocomposites with 5 wt% of HNTs significantly increased with increasing PBAT proportion, i.e., 6.5 %, 41.3 %, and 351.5 % for the composites based on TPS80/PBAT20, TPS50/PBAT50, and TPS20/PBAT80, respectively. The incorporation of 5 wt% of HNTs improved compatibility and increased Young's modulus of the TPS80/PBAT20, TPS50/PBAT50, and TPS20/PBAT80 blends approx. 350 %, 142 %, and 18 %, respectively. These results demonstrate that HNTs are promising nanofillers to improve properties of TPS-based blends. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Dang, Khanh Minh AU - Dang KM AD - Department of Packaging and Materials Technology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand. FAU - Yoksan, Rangrong AU - Yoksan R AD - Department of Packaging and Materials Technology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand; Center for Advanced Studies for Agriculture and Food, Kasetsart University Institute for Advanced Studies, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand. Electronic address: rangrong.y@ku.ac.th. FAU - Pollet, Eric AU - Pollet E AD - BioTeam/ICPEES-ECPM, UMR CNRS 7515, Universite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, 2 67087, France. Electronic address: eric.pollet@unistra.fr. FAU - Averous, Luc AU - Averous L AD - BioTeam/ICPEES-ECPM, UMR CNRS 7515, Universite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, 2 67087, France. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200515 PL - England TA - Carbohydr Polym JT - Carbohydrate polymers JID - 8307156 RN - 0 (Biocompatible Materials) RN - 0 (Polyesters) RN - 9005-25-8 (Starch) RN - T1FAD4SS2M (Clay) SB - IM MH - Biocompatible Materials/*chemistry MH - Clay/*chemistry MH - Elastic Modulus MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Particle Size MH - Polyesters/*chemistry MH - Porosity MH - Starch/*chemistry MH - Surface Properties OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bioplastics OT - Halloysite nanotubes OT - Melt blending process OT - Nano-biocomposites OT - Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) OT - Thermoplastic starch EDAT- 2020/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/26 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/04/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/26 06:00 [medline] AID - S0144-8617(20)30566-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116392 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Carbohydr Polym. 2020 Aug 15;242:116392. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116392. Epub 2020 May 15.