caa a22 4500 445385057 CHVBK 20180317143029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-011-0374-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-011-0374-5 Effects of Incorporating Polycaprolactone and Flax Fiber into Glycerol-Plasticized Pea Starch [Elektronische Daten] [Olayide Fabunmi, Lope Tabil, Satyanarayan Panigrahi, Peter Chang] This study focused on improving the material properties of pea thermoplastic starch (TPS) with polycaprolactone (PCL) and flax fiber. Accordingly, composites of glycerol-plasticized pea starch, polycaprolactone, and flax fiber were prepared through solid-phase compounding and compression-molding. The specimens were characterized through scanning electron microscopy, tensile test, moisture absorption test, and differential scanning calorimetry. Morphological studies of the tensile fracture surfaces revealed poor TPS-PCL interfacial interaction and limited TPS-flax fiber interfacial bonding. The composites showed significant improvements in tensile strength with reduced moisture absorption capability essentially due to the hydrophobicity of PCL. Individual components of the composites retained their respective thermal properties, an indication of thermodynamic immiscibility. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Thermoplastic starch nationallicence Polycaprolactone nationallicence Flax fiber nationallicence Composites nationallicence Properties nationallicence Fabunmi Olayide Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut Tabil Lope Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut Panigrahi Satyanarayan Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut Chang Peter Bioproducts and Bioprocesses, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, S7N 0X2, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/4(2011-12-01), 841-848 1566-2543 19:4<841 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0374-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0374-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fabunmi Olayide Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tabil Lope Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Panigrahi Satyanarayan Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 57 Campus Drive, S7N 5A9, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chang Peter Bioproducts and Bioprocesses, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, S7N 0X2, Saskatoon, SK, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/4(2011-12-01), 841-848 1566-2543 19:4<841 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer