This work is to study the effect of nanocrystalline cellulose in improving the thermal stability of polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate biopolymer for high temperature processing of packaging material. PHBV-NCC bio-nanocomposite feedstock pellet prepared using RONDOL minilab compounder was used as the sample for the preparation of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) sample. Cryo-Ultramicrotomy equipment was used to prepare the ultra-thin slice of the bio-nanocomposite pellet under liquid nitrogen. . Diamond knife was used to slice off about 80-100 nm ultra-thin bio-nanocomposite films and was transferred into the lacey carbon film coated grid using cooled sugar solution. A few drops of phosphotungstic acid was used as negative stain to improve the contrast during the TEM analysis. TEM systems was used to obtain the TEM micrograph of PHBV-NCC bio-nanocomposite using 80kV accelerating voltage. A well dispersed NCC in PHBV matrix, ranging from 5 to 25 nm in width was observed.
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Contact Name / Contributor | Ismarul Nizam Ismail |
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Subject Field of Research MRDCS 7th | APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
Subject Field of Research MRDCS 6th | Engineering and Technology |
MOSP Research Fields | Physics, Engineering and Material Science |
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Public Access Level | Public |
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Modified | 2023-06-02 |
Release Date | 2019-10-23 |
Identifier | d5f04dad-5035-4ae9-89c0-ac6cfbd3ddd5 |