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Barrier Properties of PVA/HNT Bionanocomposite Films

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Polyvinyl Alcohol/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials

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Barrier properties in terms of water vapour transmission rate (WVTR), water vapour permeability (WVP), oxygen and air permeabilities have been evaluated for polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/starch (ST)/glycerol (GL)/halloysite nanotube (HNT) bionanocomposites at different HNT contents of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 3 and 5 wt%, as compared with those of neat PVA and PVA blends. WVTR and WVP of bionanocomposites at ambient conditions decrease linearly by 52.34 and 73.59% with increasing the HNT content from 0 to 5 wt% due to their tortuosity effect when compared with those of neat PVA and PVA blends. Although WVTR and WVP of neat PVA and PVA blends increase remarkably with increasing the temperature from 25 to 55 °C and relative humidity (RH) level from 30 to 90%, WVTR and WVP of bionanocomposites show less sensitivity to the variation of temperature and RH level, resulting from the incorporation of HNTs with high thermal stability and moderate hydrophobicity. Furthermore, oxygen and air permeabilities of bionanocomposites decline significantly by 74.84 and 75.98%, as opposed to those of PVA blends at ambient conditions. Experimental permeability data show good agreement with Nielsen model for well-aligned HNT distribution when accurate values of HNT aspect ratios are employed based on experimental measurements via atomic force microscopy (AFM).

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Abdullah, Z.W., Dong, Y. (2020). Barrier Properties of PVA/HNT Bionanocomposite Films. In: Polyvinyl Alcohol/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7356-9_5

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