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Efficiently preparing a starch-based plastic with moisture insensitivity and toughness is a challenge to improve the high-value utilization of polysaccharide resources. Herein, a sustainable, recyclable starch-based plastic was prepared in a facile and eco-friendly way. First, starch acetoacetate (SAA) with different degrees of substitution (DSs) was synthesized by transesterification. Then, the SAA film was obtained through a solvent-free hot-pressing method. Notably, SAA with different DSs exhibited various glass transition temperatures (109-140 °C), and SAA with high DS (>0.84) was insoluble even after boiling in water for 1 h. Also, the maximum fracture strength of SAA film up to 15.5 MPa and a maximum elongation at break up to 30% were reached . In addition, the starch-based plastic film retained the original mechanical properties after three cycles of hot processing. In consideration of the facile preparation process, this protocol provided a new avenue for developing sustainable and recyclable starch-based plastics.
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Plásticos , Amido , Esterificação , Temperatura , ÁguaRESUMO
As the fast-growing of package business in express delivery industry, replacing traditional scotch tapes with degradable materials has attracted extensive attention. Herein, holocellulose paper (H-paper) was prepared by an efficient delignification and papermaking process from bamboo. The structure and properties of resultant holocellulose fibers and H-paper were characterized and compared with those from other pulping methods, such as Kraft pulping, enzyme treated, sulfite and alkaline sulfite process. The yield of holocellulose pulp (55%) increased by about 10% compared with that of other fibers. Compared to that of Kraft paper (38 MPa), the strength of H-paper increased by nearly 60% at similar density, reaching a maximum of 65 MPa. The total transmittance of H-paper was about 20% higher than Kraft paper. Moreover, H-papers displayed high mechanical properties, good printability, and degradability, which was important for the application as paper tape.
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High-quality boron nitride nanosheets (BNNSs) were exfoliated via eco-friendly holocellulose nanofibrils (HCNFs) assisted ultrasound treatment in water. The resultant H-BNNSs possessed high yields (23.4%), few surface defects, a high aspect ratio (~134), and excellent dispersibility in water (Zeta potential, -53.5 mV). Furthermore, H-BNNSs were functionalized by liquid metal (Gallium, Ga) dominated interface engineering and assembled with cellulose fibers into Ga@H-BNNSs filled nanocomposite films. Owing to the well-designed interface engineering, the obtained nanocomposite films exhibited outstanding integrated performance, especially excellent in-plane thermal conductivity (11.78 W m-1 K-1), and had great potential in the thermal management of flexible electronics.