Synthesis of Crosslinked Cellulose/PVA Bioplastic Strengthened with Chitosan as and Alternative to Conventional Plastics

Eka Yulli Kartika, Endang Saepudin

2020

Abstract

Environment problem from plastic waste should be reduced and solved. The development of biodegradable plastic from cellulose can be a solution to solve it. Cellulose was a natural biopolymer that can be used as bioplastics. Biodegradable plastics made from cellulose can be used as an alternative to conventional plastics, because they are environmentally friendly, easy to obtain and easily degraded. However, used of cellulose-based bioplastic requires physical or chemical modification to improve its physical and mechanical properties. In this study, improvement of physical and mechanical properties of cellulose-based bioplastics was carried out by adding polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), glutaraldehyde crosslinker and chitosan filler. Optimization the synthesis of cellulose / PVA layers was carried out by varying the concentrations of glutaraldehyde and chitosan from 0-56% and 0-33%.The results of the bioplastic film synthesis were evaluated for thickness, swelling and solubility, biodegradability and mechanical properties, the optimum concentration of each variation of glutaraldehyde and chitosan was characterized by FT-IR. The results showed that modification of the cellulose/PVA-crosslinked glutaraldehyde film and the addition of chitosan fillers improve the physical and mechanical properties of bioplastics, with the optimum concentration of each varian being 56% (w/w) and 24% (w/w).

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kartika E. and Saepudin E. (2020). Synthesis of Crosslinked Cellulose/PVA Bioplastic Strengthened with Chitosan as and Alternative to Conventional Plastics. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE, ISBN 978-989-758-545-6, pages 17-24. DOI: 10.5220/0010786800003317

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoste20,
author={Eka Yulli Kartika and Endang Saepudin},
title={Synthesis of Crosslinked Cellulose/PVA Bioplastic Strengthened with Chitosan as and Alternative to Conventional Plastics},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE,},
year={2020},
pages={17-24},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010786800003317},
isbn={978-989-758-545-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science, Technology, and Environment - Volume 1: ICoSTE,
TI - Synthesis of Crosslinked Cellulose/PVA Bioplastic Strengthened with Chitosan as and Alternative to Conventional Plastics
SN - 978-989-758-545-6
AU - Kartika E.
AU - Saepudin E.
PY - 2020
SP - 17
EP - 24
DO - 10.5220/0010786800003317