caa a22 4500 445385308 CHVBK 20180317143030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 Enhancement of Tensile Strength and Flexibility of Polycaprolactone/Tapioca Starch Blends by Octadecylamine Modified Clay [Elektronische Daten] [Yoon Then, Nor Ibrahim, Wan Wan Yunus] Polycaprolactone/tapioca starch/octadecylamine modified clay (OMMT) nanocomposites were successfully prepared by melt blending. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the products showed that they are nanocomposites of a mixture intercalated and exfoliated types. In addition, the TEM also revealed that the OMMT layers are homogeneously distributed in the polymer matrix. The presence of 1php of OMMT improved the compatibility of the polymers in the blends which consequently increased the tensile strength of the blend of more than 60% and elongation at break of more than 1,000%. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Polycaprolactone nationallicence Tapioca starch nationallicence Modified clay nationallicence Nanocomposites nationallicence Then Yoon Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut Ibrahim Nor Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut Wan Yunus Wan Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/2(2011-06-01), 535-539 1566-2543 19:2<535 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0284-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Then Yoon Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ibrahim Nor Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wan Yunus Wan Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/2(2011-06-01), 535-539 1566-2543 19:2<535 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer