China Plastics ›› 2020, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 25-29.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2020.04.005

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Study on Mechanical Performance of Octenylsuccinyl⁃Carboxymethyl Starch Films

Yanzhi SONG1, Zhifeng ZHU1(), Shian LI2   

  1. 1.Key Laboratory of Textile Fabrics of Anhui Province, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China
    2.Xuzhou Zhongheng Starch Technology Co, Ltd, Xuzhou 221000, China
  • Received:2019-10-09 Online:2020-04-26 Published:2020-04-26

Abstract:

To overcome the rigid and brittle defects of starch films, the octenylsuccinate?carboxymethyl oil?water amphiphilic starch (OS?CMS) was synthesized through a two?step reaction using corn starch, chloroacetic acid and octenylsuccinic anhydride as raw materials. The chemical structure and crystallinity of the resulting films were characterized by Fourier?transform infrared spectroscopy and X?ray diffraction, respectively, and the mechanical evaluation were conducted for the samples at different molar ratios of functional groups and degrees of starch modification. The results indicated that the surface modification led to a decrease in crystallinity of OS?CMS films. The breaking strength of OS?CMS films increased with an increase of molar ratio, but their elongation at break increased at first and then tended to decrease. As a result, the films achieved an improvement in toughness. The OS?CMS films obtained a maximum value in elongation at break at the OS/CMS molar ratio of 1/1, and their breaking strength and elongation at break were found to increase gradually with an increase of the degree of denaturation, indicating an enhancement in mechanical performance.

Key words: starch film, mechanical property, amphiphilic starch, molar ratio, modification level

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