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Morphology and properties of thermal/cooling-gel bi-phasic systems based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and hydroxypropyl starch

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Abstract

The miscibility between two gels with largely different gelation behaviors is an interesting topic both scientifically and practically. This paper reports a novel bi-phasic system based on two natural polymers, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) which has a thermal gelation behavior, and hydroxypropyl starch (HPS) which has a cooling gelation property. While both biopolymers have the same glucose unit grafted with propylene oxide, and are compatible to a certain degree, they were observed immiscible because of their different gelation behaviors. The immiscibility of these two compatible polymers could result in special structures leading to different blend film properties. Regarding this, the morphology, thermal transition, mechanical properties and oxygen barrier property could be well tailored by the ratio of two biopolymers and the environmental conditions. The knowledge obtained from this work could be useful for understanding other similar systems with desirable structure and properties.


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Author(s): Wang Y, Yu L, Xie F, Zhang L, Liao L, Liu H, Chen L

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Composites Part B: Engineering

Year: 2016

Volume: 101

Pages: 46-52

Print publication date: 15/09/2016

Online publication date: 01/07/2016

Acceptance date: 29/06/2016

Date deposited: 10/10/2023

ISSN (print): 1359-8368

ISSN (electronic): 1879-1069

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.06.081

DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2016.06.081


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