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Rice flour-based nanostructures via a water-based system: transformation from powder to electrospun nanofibers under hydrogen-bonding induced viscosity, crystallinity and improved mechanical property
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Document Title
Rice flour-based nanostructures via a water-based system: transformation from powder to electrospun nanofibers under hydrogen-bonding induced viscosity, crystallinity and improved mechanical property
Author
Woranuch S., Pangon A., Puagsuntia K., Subjalearndee N., Intasanta V.
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Affiliations
Nano Functional Textile Laboratory, National Nanotechnology Center, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 111 Phahonyothin Road, Klong Nueng, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Type
Article
Source Title
RSC Advances
ISSN
20462069
Year
2017
Volume
7
Issue
32
Page
19960-19966
Open Access
All Open Access, Gold
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI
10.1039/c7ra01485f
Format
Abstract
Rice flour is a naturally abundant and renewable biodegradable and biocompatible material. Nevertheless, fabrication of rice flour-based functional nanostructures has been challenging due to the difficulties in fine-tuning solution parameters. The present work shows a successful synthesis of rice-flour based nanofibers containing PVA by simply allowing rice flour and PVA to solubilize in alkaline conditions prior to electrospinning. Rice flour/PVA blend nanofibers at the rice flour weight content of 25% led to an optimal condition with reinforced hydrogen bonding between the two polymers. The interaction induced good processability and fiber formation with well-defined morphology. In addition, rice flour functioning as a nucleating agent promoted the crystallization of small PVA crystals resulting in an improvement of tensile strength and Young's modulus with respect to PVA nanofibers. This is for the first time showing not only the transformation of rice flour via a water-based system into mechanically robust nanofibers, but also the role of rice flour in inducing crystalline phase in semi-crystalline polymers in blends. The finding is important to bring in unprecedented practical applications for rice flour such as disposable nanofilters, tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, etc. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Funding Sponsor
National Research Council of Thailand; Agricultural Research Development Agency
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Publication Source
Scopus