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Reinforcement Materials in Poly((R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-Hydroxyhexanoate Bionanocomposite

Tengku Arisyah Tengku Yasim-Anuar, Nur Sharmila Sharip, Liana Noor Megashah, Hidayah Ariffin and Nor Azlin Muhamad Nor

Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, Volume 28, Issue S2, December 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47836/pjst.28.s2.20

Keywords: Bionanocomposite, cellulose nanofiber, mechanical properties, Ppoly((R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate, waste paper

Published on: 30 December 2020

Waste paper is the second-highest municipal solid waste collected in Malaysia and as current practice, it is recycled for further use in the manufacturing of low-grade products. Instead of continuously utilizing waste paper for low-grade products manufacturing, it can be used as a feedstock to produce high bioproducts such as cellulose nanofiber (CNF). Hence, this study explored the potential of waste paper as a feedstock for CNF production. The waste paper was subjected to a different number of cycles of wet disk milling (WDM): 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 cycles. The presence of nano-sized cellulose was confirmed by FE-SEM micrographs, where CNF with diameter size 20 – 40 nm was formed after 10 cycles of milling. It was also revealed that the obtained CNF possessed appropriate properties as a reinforcement material. The tensile strength and Young’s modulus of poly((R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co- (R)-3-hydroxyhexanoate (PHBHHx) increased by 19 and 12%, respectively after the reinforcement of 1% CNF. Overall, this study portrays that waste paper could be utilized as a raw material for CNF production, without the need for chemical pretreatment.

ISSN 0128-7680

e-ISSN 2231-8526

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JST(S)-0573-2020

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