Green biodegradable film based on Zinc oxide nanoparticles - poly lactic acid - starch: Preparation and characterization

Subject Areas : The Application of Chemistry in Environment

Hadi Eslami ¹ (Department of Chemical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran)
Hoda Jafarizadeh Malmiri ² (Associate Professor-Sahand University of Technology)
Hosein Ali Khonakdar ³ (Department of polymer processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, 14975-112, Iran.)

Received: 2024-04-09 Accepted : 2024-04-20 Published : 2024-07-23

Keywords: Biodegradable film, Starch, Green Zinc oxide nanoparticles,

Abstract :

Biodegradable films containing poly (lactic acid) (PLA) and starch with three ratios of 90/10, 80/20 and 70/ 30 were prepared and analyzed using FT-IR, FESEM, XRD, EDS and TGA. Results of FT-IR and FESEM indicated that highest amount of starch (30 %) was lead to fragile and less strength of PLA/Starch films. Results indicated that by addition of 5% maleic anhydride (MA) and ZnO NPs to the film formulation, adhesion between the two phases was significantly (p < 0.05) increased Furthermore, by increasing amount of ZnO NPs from 1 to 5% into the film formulation, amorphous structure of the film was significantly (p < 0.05) increased, and the films containing 1 and 5% ZnO NPs had crystal size of 34.14 and 28.4 nm, respectively. Results indicated that by increasing the amount of ZnO NPs in the film formulation from 1 to 5 %, its thermal resistance increased and weight loss decreased from 95.13 to 88.19 %, respectively. Furthermore, degradation percentage of the films decreased from 77.3 to 69.39%, respectively, after one month. Results indicated that film, based on PLA/Starch/MA/ ZnO NPs with ratio of 80/20/5/5 had carbon, oxygen and Zinc with weight percentage of 70.3, 25.1 and 4.6%, respectively.

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