Synergistic Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes and Glycerol on the Physical Properties of Fish Gelatin Films
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Polymers 2018, 10(11), 1258; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10111258
Received: 3 October 2018
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Revised: 6 November 2018
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Accepted: 7 November 2018
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Published: 13 November 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Polymer Clay Nano-composites)
Fish gelatin (FG)/glycerol (GE)/halloysite (HT) composite films were prepared by casting method. The morphology of the composite films was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The effects of HT and GE addition on the mechanical properties, water resistance and optical properties of the composites were investigated. Results showed that with increasing GE content, the elongation at composite breaks increased significantly, but their tensile strength (TS) and water resistance decreased. SEM results showed that GE can partly promote HT dispersion in composites. TS and water resistance also increased with the addition of HTs. Well-dispersed HTs in the FG matrix decreased the moisture uptake and water solubility of the composites. All films showed a transparency higher than 80% across the visible light region (400–800 nm), thereby indicating that light transmittance of the resulting nanocomposites was slightly affected by GE and HTs.
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Qiang, X.; Zhou, S.; Zhang, Z.; Quan, Q.; Huang, D. Synergistic Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes and Glycerol on the Physical Properties of Fish Gelatin Films. Polymers 2018, 10, 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10111258
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Qiang X, Zhou S, Zhang Z, Quan Q, Huang D. Synergistic Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes and Glycerol on the Physical Properties of Fish Gelatin Films. Polymers. 2018; 10(11):1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10111258
Chicago/Turabian StyleQiang, Xiaohu, Songyi Zhou, Zhuo Zhang, Qiling Quan, and Dajian Huang. 2018. "Synergistic Effect of Halloysite Nanotubes and Glycerol on the Physical Properties of Fish Gelatin Films" Polymers 10, no. 11: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10111258
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