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Champa-Bujaico E, Díez-Pascual AM, Garcia-Diaz P. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) Bionanocomposites with Crystalline Nanocellulose and Graphene Oxide: Experimental Results and Support Vector Machine Modeling. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:3746. [PMID: 37765602 PMCID: PMC10537444 DOI: 10.3390/polym15183746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx) is a biodegradable and biocompatible bacterial copolymer used in the biomedical and food industries. However, it displays low stiffness and strength for certain applications. This issue can be solved via reinforcement with nanofillers. In this work, PHBHHx-based bionanocomposites reinforced with different loadings of crystalline nanocellulose (CNC) and graphene oxide (GO) were developed by a green and straightforward solution casting technique. Their crystalline nature and surface topography were explored via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), respectively, their composition was corroborated via Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and their crystallization and melting behavior were determined via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The nanofillers had a nucleating role, raising the crystallization temperature of the polymer, whilst hardly any changes were found in the melting temperature. Further, significant enhancements in the stiffness, strength, and thermal stability of the PHBHHx matrix were observed with the incorporation of both nanofillers, which was attributed to a synergic effect. The mechanical properties for various concentrations of CNC and GO were accurately predicted using a machine learning (ML) model in the form of a support vector machine (SVM). The model performance was evaluated in terms of the mean absolute error (MAE), the mean square error (MSE), and the correlation coefficient (R2). These bio-based nanocomposites are a valuable alternative to conventional petroleum-based synthetic polymeric materials used nowadays for biomedicine and food packaging applications.
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- Elizabeth Champa-Bujaico
- Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km. 33.6, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; (E.C.-B.); (P.G.-D.)
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería Química, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona, Km. 33.6, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Universidad de Alcalá, Departamento de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km. 33.6, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain; (E.C.-B.); (P.G.-D.)
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Morphology and crystallization behaviour of polyhydroxyalkanoates-based blends and composites: A review. Biochem Eng J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2022.108588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jia XQ, Li Y, Zhang L, Wu Y. Differentiation of ethanol-water clusters in Fenjiu by two-dimensional correlation fluorescence and Raman spectra. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 271:120856. [PMID: 35042043 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.120856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The taste of different flavor liquor is multifarious, but the same brand liquor with different quality is truth. The essence of supramolecular ethanol-water clusters and their intrinsic structural differences in three kinds of Fenjiu are studied by two-dimensional correlation spectra (2D-COS) of fluorescence and Raman. The 2D-COS of fluorescence reveals the prominent emission peaks of three Fenjiu are apparently different. The central fluorescence peak of Fenjiu (a) is located at 330 nm, corresponding to the cluster of (H2O)m(EtOH)n. In Fenjiu (b), the emission peak appears near 310 nm, while those of Fenjiu (c) appear mainly near 310 and 373 nm, corresponding to the clusters of (H2O)(EtOH)n and (H2O)m(EtOH), respectively. Based on 2D-COS of Raman, the peak of Fenjiu (b) at 3440 cm-1 changes initially, indicating its disorder degree is getting higher with continuous dilution with water. However, along with the dilution of Fenjiu (a) and Fenjiu (c), the peak located near 3200 cm-1 changes in priority, indicating that the degree of association between ethanol and water is high, and the clusters formed there are stable. Therefore, this work provides the combined methods to distinguish different supramolecular sets in Fenjiu, applying liquor differentiation in the future.
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- Xiao-Qi Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2 Liutiao Road, Changchun 130023, China
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- Beijing Beyoun9 Liquor Technology Inc., Maker Town, Haidian District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Foundation, Jilin Business and Technology College, No. 1666 Kalunhu Street, Changchun 130507, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China; Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, No. 2 Liutiao Road, Changchun 130023, China.
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Park Y, Kim M, Noda I, Jung YM. Understanding Thermal Behavior of Poly(ethylene glycol)- block-poly( N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Using Two-Dimensional Correlation Infrared Spectroscopy. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 75:957-962. [PMID: 33739148 DOI: 10.1177/00037028211006681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, one of the thermoresponsive polymers, block copolymer consisting of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(N-isopropylacylamide), was investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, principal component analysis (PCA), and two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS). The apparent trend of the spectral changes in the temperature-dependent FT-IR spectra of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(N-isopropylacylamide) (PEG-b-PNiPAAm) hydrogel during the heating process looks similar to that during the cooling process. The results of the PCA and 2D-COS, however, clearly indicate an irreversible phase transition mechanism of PEG-b-PNiPAAm hydrogel during the heating and cooling processes. It has been also shown that PEG affects the phase transition mechanism of PEG-b-PNiPAAm hydrogel, especially during the heating process. Consequently, we can successfully determine the phase transition temperature and the mechanism of PEG-b-PNiPAAm hydrogel during the heating and cooling processes using PCA and 2D-COS, respectively.
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- Yeonju Park
- Kangwon Radiation Convergence Research Support Center, 34962Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science and Fusion Technology, 34962Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, USA
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- Kangwon Radiation Convergence Research Support Center, 34962Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science and Fusion Technology, 34962Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
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Accelerated Weathering Effects on Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and PHBV/TiO 2 Nanocomposites. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12081743. [PMID: 32764247 PMCID: PMC7464598 DOI: 10.3390/polym12081743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The effect of accelerated weathering on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and PHBV-based nanocomposites with rutile titanium (IV) dioxide (PHBV/TiO2) was investigated. The accelerated weathering test applied consecutive steps of UV irradiation (at 340 nm and 0.76 W m−2 irradiance) and moisture at 50 °C following the ASTM D4329 standard for up to 2000 h of exposure time. The morphology, chemical structure, crystallization, as well as the mechanical and thermal properties were studied. Samples were characterized after 500, 1000, and 2000 h of exposure time. Different degradation mechanisms were proposed to occur during the weathering exposure and were confirmed based on the experimental data. The PHBV surface revealed cracks and increasing roughness with the increasing exposure time, whereas the PHBV/TiO2 nanocomposites showed surface changes only after 2000 h of accelerated weathering. The degradation of neat PHBV under moisture and UV exposure occurred preferentially in the amorphous phase. In contrast, the presence of TiO2 in the nanocomposites retarded this process, but the degradation would occur simultaneously in both the amorphous and crystalline segments of the polymer after long exposure times. The thermal stability, as well as the temperature and rate of crystallization, decreased in the absence of TiO2. TiO2 not only provided UV protection, but also restricted the physical mobility of the polymer chains, acting as a nucleating agent during the crystallization process. It also slowed down the decrease in mechanical properties. The mechanical properties were shown to gradually decrease for the PHBV/TiO2 nanocomposites, whereas a sharp drop was observed for the neat PHBV after an accelerated weathering exposure. Atomic force microscopy (AFM), using the amplitude modulation–frequency modulation (AM–FM) tool, also confirmed the mechanical changes in the surface area of the PHBV and PHBV/TiO2 samples after accelerated weathering exposure. The changes in the physical and chemical properties of PHBV/TiO2 confirm the barrier activity of TiO2 for weathering attack and its retardation of the degradation process.
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Marlina D, Park Y, Hoshina H, Ozaki Y, Jung YM, Sato H. A Study on Blend Ratio-dependent Far-IR and Low-frequency Raman Spectra and WAXD Patterns of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly(4-vinylphenol) Using Homospectral and Heterospectral Two-dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:731-737. [PMID: 31902826 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.19p428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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An intensive analysis of far-infrared (far-IR), low-frequency Raman, and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) data has been performed by two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) as a function of the blend ratio of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly(4-vinylphenol) (PHB/PVPh). Homospectral 2D-COS revealed that a weak band at 128 cm-1 in the far-IR spectra appeared more clearly in the 2D correlation spectra. Heterospectral 2D-COS (far-IR/low-frequency Raman and far-IR/WAXD) provided very important results that were hardly detected in the conventional 2D-COS. A far-IR peak at 130 cm-1 in the heterospectral 2D-COS had negative correlations with the peaks in the low-frequency Raman spectra at 81, 100, and 110 cm-1 and WAXD profile 8.78 and 11.01°. These results indicated that those peaks have different origins; the 130 cm-1 peak comes from the intermolecular C=O···H-O hydrogen bond between PHB and PVPh, while those for low-frequency Raman and WAXD peaks are the features of PHB crystalline structure.
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- Dian Marlina
- Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Setia Budi
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science and Fusion Technology, Kangwon National University
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- School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University.,Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Molecular Science and Fusion Technology, Kangwon National University
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- Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University.,Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University
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