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ArticleScientific reports2024

High toughness and fast home-compost biodegradable packaging films derived from polylactic acid/thermoplastic starch/para-rubber ternary blends.

Tuchathum Tosakul, Peerapong Chanthot, Cattaleeya Pattamaprom

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Tuchathum TosakulResearch Unit in Polymer Rheology and Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Peerapong ChanthotResearch Unit in Polymer Rheology and Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand.
Cattaleeya PattamapromResearch Unit in Polymer Rheology and Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand. cattalee@engr.tu.ac.th.

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Abstract

This research aims to formulate biobased and biodegradable packaging films with high toughness and fast home-compost biodegradation using ternary blends of polylactic acid (PLA), Para rubber (NR), and thermoplastic starch (TPS) through blown-film extrusion. The TPS content in this work ranges from 5 to 20 wt%, while the PLA: NR ratio is fixed at 70:30. At this PLA: NR ratio, the blend with 10 wt% TPS (PNT10) exhibited the highest % elongation at break and tensile toughness. Peroxide radical initiator was investigated as a potential additive for improving the properties of the ternary blend. Our binary interaction study indicated that peroxide initiated grafting reactions of PLA-NR and NR-TPS pairs, while no grafting occurred between PLA and TPS. In ternary blends, the highest peroxide content (0.5 wt%) increased the % elongation at break up to 120%, with the tensile toughness reaching 7255 MJ/m

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Blown filmNatural rubberPolylactic acidTernary blendsThermoplastic starch

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PMID39127810
PMCPMC11316775

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