Manufacture and Characterization of Biodegradable Nanocomposites Based on Nanoscale MgAl-Layered Double Hydroxide Modified with N,N′-(Pyromellitoyl)-bis-L-Isoleucine Diacid and Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Abstract

Bionanocomposite films of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with Mg-Al LDHs were prepared with different compositions by solution-intercalation method. N,N′-(Pyromellitoyl)-bis-L-isoleucine diacid was synthesized and it was used for organo-modification of chiral MgAl-LDH in distilled water. Hybrid films of PVA and modified chiral LDH were prepared under ultrasonic irradiation technique. The effect of LDH contents on thermal, physicomechanical, and morphological properties of PVA films were investigated by using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared, thermogravimetric analysis, field emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy techniques. Mechanical data indicated improvement in the tensile strength and modulus with increasing of the LDH loading until 4%.

Keywords:

• Layered double hydroxides (LDHs)
• Mechanical properties
• Nanocomposites
• Poly(vinyl alcohol)
• Ultrasonic irradiation

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