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Development and Characterization of Polymer Eco-Composites Based on Natural Rubber Reinforced with Natural Fibers

Natural rubber composites filled with short natural fibers (flax and sawdust) were prepared by blending procedure and the elastomer cross-linking was carried out using benzoyl peroxide. The microbial degradation of composites was carried out by incubating with Aspergillus niger recognized for the ab...

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Autores principales: Stelescu, Maria-Daniela, Manaila, Elena, Craciun, Gabriela, Chirila, Corina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28773145
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10070787
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author Stelescu, Maria-Daniela
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description Natural rubber composites filled with short natural fibers (flax and sawdust) were prepared by blending procedure and the elastomer cross-linking was carried out using benzoyl peroxide. The microbial degradation of composites was carried out by incubating with Aspergillus niger recognized for the ability to grow and degrade a broad range of substrates. The extent of biodegradation was evaluated by weight loss and cross-linking degree study of composites after 2 months incubation in pure shake culture conditions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) have proved to be precious and valuable instruments for morphological as well as structural characterization of the composites before and after incubation with Aspergillus niger.
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spelling pubmed-55518302017-08-11 Development and Characterization of Polymer Eco-Composites Based on Natural Rubber Reinforced with Natural Fibers Stelescu, Maria-Daniela Manaila, Elena Craciun, Gabriela Chirila, Corina Materials (Basel) Article Natural rubber composites filled with short natural fibers (flax and sawdust) were prepared by blending procedure and the elastomer cross-linking was carried out using benzoyl peroxide. The microbial degradation of composites was carried out by incubating with Aspergillus niger recognized for the ability to grow and degrade a broad range of substrates. The extent of biodegradation was evaluated by weight loss and cross-linking degree study of composites after 2 months incubation in pure shake culture conditions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) have proved to be precious and valuable instruments for morphological as well as structural characterization of the composites before and after incubation with Aspergillus niger. MDPI 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5551830/ /pubmed/28773145 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10070787 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Development and Characterization of Polymer Eco-Composites Based on Natural Rubber Reinforced with Natural Fibers
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