TY - JOUR
T1 - Nanofiller reinforced biodegradable PLA/PHA composites
T2 - Current status and future trends
AU - Sun, Jingyao
AU - Shen, Jingjing
AU - Chen, Shoukai
AU - Cooper, Merideth A.
AU - Fu, Hongbo
AU - Wu, Daming
AU - Yang, Zhaogang
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51673020 and 51173015).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by the authors.
PY - 2018/5/7
Y1 - 2018/5/7
N2 - The increasing demand for environmental protection has led to the rapid development of greener and biodegradable polymers, whose creation provided new challenges and opportunities for the advancement of nanomaterial science. Biodegradable polymer materials and even nanofillers (e.g., natural fibers) are important because of their application in greener industries. Polymers that can be degraded naturally play an important role in solving public hazards of polymer materials and maintaining ecological balance. The inherent shortcomings of some biodegradable polymers such as weak mechanical properties, narrow processing windows, and low electrical and thermal properties can be overcome by composites reinforced with various nanofillers. These biodegradable polymer composites have wide-ranging applications in different areas based on their large surface area and greater aspect ratio. Moreover, the polymer composites that exploit the synergistic effect between the nanofiller and the biodegradable polymer matrix can lead to enhanced properties while still meeting the environmental requirement. In this paper, a broad review on recent advances in the research and development of nanofiller reinforced biodegradable polymer composites that are used in various applications, including electronics, packing materials, and biomedical uses, is presented. We further present information about different kinds of nanofillers, biodegradable polymer matrixes, and their composites with specific concern to our daily applications.
AB - The increasing demand for environmental protection has led to the rapid development of greener and biodegradable polymers, whose creation provided new challenges and opportunities for the advancement of nanomaterial science. Biodegradable polymer materials and even nanofillers (e.g., natural fibers) are important because of their application in greener industries. Polymers that can be degraded naturally play an important role in solving public hazards of polymer materials and maintaining ecological balance. The inherent shortcomings of some biodegradable polymers such as weak mechanical properties, narrow processing windows, and low electrical and thermal properties can be overcome by composites reinforced with various nanofillers. These biodegradable polymer composites have wide-ranging applications in different areas based on their large surface area and greater aspect ratio. Moreover, the polymer composites that exploit the synergistic effect between the nanofiller and the biodegradable polymer matrix can lead to enhanced properties while still meeting the environmental requirement. In this paper, a broad review on recent advances in the research and development of nanofiller reinforced biodegradable polymer composites that are used in various applications, including electronics, packing materials, and biomedical uses, is presented. We further present information about different kinds of nanofillers, biodegradable polymer matrixes, and their composites with specific concern to our daily applications.
KW - Biodegradable
KW - Carbon nanotubes
KW - Nanocellulose
KW - Nanoclay
KW - Polymer composites
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U2 - 10.3390/polym10050505
DO - 10.3390/polym10050505
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30966540
AN - SCOPUS:85046697063
SN - 2073-4360
VL - 10
JO - Polymers
JF - Polymers
IS - 5
M1 - 505
ER -