Mechanical behavior of starch - carbon nanotubes composites.

LUCÍA M. FAMÁ; SILVIA N. GOYANES; VALERIA PETTARIN; CELINA R. BERNAL

Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing, Performance and Application

Springer-Verlag GmbH

Año: 2015; p. 141 - 171

This chapter is focused on the mechanical behavior of plasticized starchbasednanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanotubes. It starts with a generalintroduction about the most important materials that involve thosenanocomposites, such as starch and multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Then, apresentation of the most relevant published results on the mechanicalproperties of starch matrix and starch?carbon nanotubes composites isreported. Factors affecting these properties such as crystallinity, water contentand plasticizers are discussed. The mechanical behavior of these composites isdiscussed in separate sections regarding tensile properties, impact behavior,and viscoelastic behavior as well as the most important influencing factors onthese properties. Finally, concluding remarks and future trends on theimprovement of the mechanical response of starch?carbon nanotubescomposites are presented.