Polyhydroxyalkanoate Based Composites: Development and Characterisation of Properties

Mechanics and Materials in Design 2022
Madara Žiganova, Zanda Iesalniece, Remo Merijs-Meri, Jānis Zicāns, Tatjana Ivanova, Armands Vīgants, Evita Štrausa, Enno Ence

Microbially synthesised biobased and biodegradable composites attract interest as sustainable future materials for broad range of potential applications. In the current research attention is devoted to the development of melt plasticized polyhydroxybutirate (PHB) composites. Structure as well as rheological, thermal and mechanical properties before and after accelerated ageing of the laboratory synthesized PHB composites are characterized in comparison to those based on commercial PHB. Besides it, applicability of the PHB synthesis biomass is also evaluated.

Keywords
polyhydroxybutirate, plasticization, biomass, melt compounded composite, rheological, thermal and mechanical properties
Hyperlink
https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~m2d/proceedings_m2d2022/data/papers/19152.pdf

Žiganova, M., Iesalniece, Z., Merijs-Meri, R., Zicāns, J., Ivanova, T., Vīgants, A., Štrausa, E., Ence, E. Polyhydroxyalkanoate Based Composites: Development and Characterisation of Properties. Mechanics and Materials in Design, 2022, Vol. 9, pp.69-70. ISSN 5001-3222.

Publication language
English (en)