What biopolymers can I use for making nanocomposites?

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What application can we study for biosynthesized metal oxide nanoparticle ?

The issues that we often face is the yield of the nanoparticles from biosynthesis. As the yield is less we have less nanomaterial that we can use for the application.

12 April 2019 7,423 4 View

What difference does it make in biosynthesis if NaOH is also used as a reducing agent along with the plant extract than not?

Biosynthesis of metal oxide is done with just the plant extract in some case and some with extract plus NaOH in other. Which one is better and why?

11 April 2019 4,479 4 View

How can I prepare cell lysate by freezer thaw cycles method, from brain homogenate for estimation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) using ELISA kit?

How can I prepare cell lysate from rat brain homogenate for estimating the levels of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) using ELISA kit? Looking for freezer thaw cycles method in detail.

28 January 2019 5,950 4 View

How to calculate the amount of different phases in a composite?

Hi all, I have composites of magnesium silicate and magnesium titanate. I have confirmed from the XRD data that, they have different phases with the change in the composition. I want to calculate...

22 May 2016 1,566 2 View

Do you have the MATLAB code for optical character recognition segmentation algorithms ?

naveen

19 December 2014 5,094 1 View

Is there any software to predict IR frequency of organic compounds?

Can anyone recommend free software for prediction of IR frequency of organic compounds?

13 February 2013 6,968 13 View

Growth of ZnO nanorods in a flame reactor

I use a counterflow diffusion flame reactor for synthesizing ZnO nanorods. Because of the high temperatures in the flame I think the ZnO that forms melts in the flame and recrystallizes into a...

30 January 2012 8,914 2 View

How to Calculate superficial air velocity at the central orifice in a pulsed single jet gas-solid fluidized bed?

Hi. Can anyone please let me know how can we maintain fixed pressure and volume flow rate in a pulsed bubble injection in order to determine superficial air velocity at the orifice?

01 January 1970 1,324 6 View

Which method is preferable for cutting the nanocomposites?

Which of the methods like water jet cutting, diamond cutting, laser cutting, etc. is more suitable to cut the carbon nanotubes reinforced epoxy composites into test sample to ensure the clean...

29 January 2021 1,354 5 View

What is the harmless way of cutting epoxy filled nanocomposite ?

I want to cut epoxy filled nanocomposite for FE-SEM analysis. What is the best way to cut it without resulting in any cracks or change in position or alignment of the particle reinforcement ? Also...

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How to get rid of the solvents from a PU-Ag nanocomposite?

I've synthesized a polyurethane-Ag nanocomposite and the product is dissolved in a two-component system i.e. DMF and DMSO. I wish to know of any ways that I can use to get rid of the solvents and...

27 January 2021 1,847 3 View

Why degradation of pesticides is maximum at specific pH by using nanoparticles and nanocomposite?

actually, I am degrading pesticides by using inorganic composites the pH of the pesticide in distilled water is neutral the pH of nanocomposite is also neutral then why maximum degradation takes...

23 January 2021 8,775 3 View

In the tensile test for a nanocomposite sample, if the sample width decreases (thickness is constant), what does the stress-strain curve change?

Given that the stress is equal to the force divided by the area(width*thickness), what change does the reduction in sample width make to the stress-strain curve? Does stress change occur...

09 January 2021 5,124 5 View

How to perform adsorption kinetics ?

I am trying to do a kinetic study. I am using graphene- organic compound nanocomposites to show heavy metal removal. I have plotted the graph of nanocomposite against metal ions with respect to...

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How to prepare the sample of polymer nanocomposite for SEM analysis ?

Does Epoxy clay nanocomposite sample require surface preparation. I am going for Gold sputtering to make the surface conductive. I guess there is no need to clean or polish the surface beneath the...

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What method is more useful for prepare metal/ metal oxide Nanocomposites?

If possible any easy preparation method

31 December 2020 1,662 3 View

Do chemical and physical properties influence on the size of a polymer particle?

I would like to know if the properties of a polymer impact on the size of the particle it forms. I'm working with different polyssacharides (alginic acid from different seaweed), which are...

29 December 2020 7,333 6 View

How can we confirm the formation of heterojunction in nanocomposite systems ?

IV measurement and KPFM

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Tamer YA Fahmy

The below mentioned review discusses some types of fully green nanocompisites based on cellulose biopolymers. Best wishes.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315427845_Agricultural_Residues_Wastes_for_Manufacture_of_Paper_Board_and_Miscellaneous_Products_Background_Overview_and_Future_Prospects?_sg=Uu4mwgriwm6wL8ftXpL5UBggMxWBfZLdnE0gR8lNMmTh-fK3gfLEn3bLwrRvsJcAflz1lFUgYF30K-ofvYbpbm0KzDdY0Y-a2v4SLHPD.4stRPO63yIkvIMx1DqCKN-VDQWWyFJkAWRRxRWsUAghOhpup7jYjgG47ZJMXFPGLz3oc9aW6B9i_LZw6DXHkMg

Elwathig. A. M. Hassan

One of the most promising biopolymers is polylactic acid (PLA), since it is obtained from agricultural products and it is biodegradable

Vishwanath Sharma Manoharmayum

thank you Tamer YA Fahmy

Thank you Elwathig. A. M. Hassan

Doufnoune RACHIDA Rachida

PLA, PCL, starch, cellulose, chitosan and protein.

Please see the references below, you will find lots of interesting information:

JONG-WHAN RHIM, Natural Biopolymer-Based Nanocomposite Films for Packaging Applications. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 47:411–433 (2007). DOI: 10.1080/10408390600846366

Hernandez-Munoz, P. et al. 2003. Development and characterization of biodegradable films made from wheat gluten protein fractions. J. Agric. & Food Chem., 51:7647–7654.

Best Regards

V R Arun Prakash

you can go for BPAT, PCl, PLA etcc....