Impacts of Baobab (Adansonia digitata) Powder on the Poly(Butylene Succinate) Polymer Degradability to Form an Eco-Friendly Filler-Based Composite

Musa Abubakar Tadda; Musa Abubakar Tadda; Mostafa Gouda; Mostafa Gouda; Xiaochang Lin; Abubakar Shitu; Abubakar Shitu; Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi; Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi; Songming Zhu; Xiaoli Li; Dezhao Liu

doi:10.3389/fmats.2021.768960

Frontiers in Materials (Nov 2021)

Impacts of Baobab (Adansonia digitata) Powder on the Poly(Butylene Succinate) Polymer Degradability to Form an Eco-Friendly Filler-Based Composite

Musa Abubakar Tadda,
Musa Abubakar Tadda,
Mostafa Gouda,
Mostafa Gouda,
Xiaochang Lin,
Abubakar Shitu,
Abubakar Shitu,
Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi,
Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi,
Songming Zhu,
Xiaoli Li,
Dezhao Liu

Affiliations

Musa Abubakar Tadda: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Musa Abubakar Tadda: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Mostafa Gouda: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Mostafa Gouda: Department of Nutrition and Food Science, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Xiaochang Lin: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Abubakar Shitu: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Abubakar Shitu: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi: State Key Laboratory of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Hamza Sulayman Abdullahi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
Songming Zhu: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Xiaoli Li: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Dezhao Liu: Key Laboratory of Equipment and Informatization in Environment Controlled Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2021.768960
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) is one of the most common biodegradable plastic polymers that has recently been used in the green environmental field. Enhancement of physicochemical characteristics of these polymers by using plant-based materials like Baobab (Adansonia digitata) will improve its industrial application. This study evaluated Baobab (Adansonia digitata) powder (BP) and PBS composites under various ratios (PBS/BP: 90/10, 80/20, 70/30, 60/40, and 50/50 wt%) for their thermo-mechanical and other physicochemical properties for the industrial application. The nanoscale morphological and elemental characterization were also measured by scanning electron microscope-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The results revealed that PBS/BP blends of 90/10 and 50/50 showed a significantly reduced melting temperature (Tm) up to 94°C (p < 0.05) compared to PBS (114°C). Also, the dynamic viscosity, storage modulus, and loss modulus showed a significant decrease with increasing the ratio of BP in PBS/BP composite, which confirmed faster degradation than the pure PBS. In conclusion, the novel PBS/BP biomaterial is recommended for use as a carbon source for denitrification processes, as an eco-friendly faster degradable natural filler-based polymer. Besides, they could be use in food packaging and biomedical industries.

Published in Frontiers in Materials

ISSN: 2296-8016 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials

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