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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2008

Regenerated cellulose-silk fibroin blends fibers.

Enrico Marsano; Paola Corsini; Maurizio Canetti; Giuliano Freddi

Fibers made of cellulose and silk fibroin at different composition were wet spun from solutions by using N-methylmorpholine N-oxide hydrates (NMMO/H(2)O) as solvent and ethanol as coagulant. Different spinning conditions were used. The fibers were characterized by different techniques: FTIR-Raman, scanning electron microscopy, wide-angle x-ray diffraction, DSC analysis. The results evidence a phase separation in the whole blends compositions. The tensile characterization, however, illustrates that the properties of the blends fibers are higher respect to a linear behaviour between the pure polymers, confirming a good compatibility between cellulose and silk fibroin. The fibers containing 75% of cellulose show better mechanical properties than pure cellulose fibers: modulus of about 23 GPa and strength to break of 307 MPa.


International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2013

Morphological and structural investigation of wool-derived keratin nanofibres crosslinked by thermal treatment

Annalisa Aluigi; Alessandro Corbellini; Fabio Rombaldoni; Marina Zoccola; Maurizio Canetti

Mats of wool-derived keratin nanofibre have been prepared by electrospinning solutions of keratin in formic acid at 20 and 15 wt.%, and obtaining nanofibres with mean diameter of about 400 and 250 nm, respectively. These mats can find applications in tissue engineering (they can mimic the native extracellular matrix) and in wastewater treatment (they can trap small particles and adsorb heavy-metals). A drawback to overcome is their solubility in water. A stabilization method, based on a thermal treatment alternative to the use of formaldehyde, is proposed. The solubility test in the dithiothreitol/urea extraction buffer, the amino acid composition analysis and studies on keratin secondary structures suggest that the improved stability in water of thermally treated mats can be ascribed to the formation of amide bonds between acid and basic groups of some amino acid side chains.


Journal of Polymer Research | 2013

Structural characterization and thermal behaviour of wool keratin hydrolizates-polypropylene composites

Maurizio Canetti; Adriana Cacciamani; Fabio Bertini

Innovative polypropylene composites were prepared using as a biofiller, wool keratin hydrolizates obtained by a green process with superheated water in a microwave reactor. To promote the affinity between the hydrophobic polymer and the biofiller, maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene was used as a compatibilizer. The composites showed a homogeneous dispersion of the keratin particles in the polymer matrix. The thermal properties and the structure of the composites were investigated in dependence of keratin loading and crystallization conditions. The keratin particles had a heterogeneous nucleating action on polypropylene crystallization that increased the overall crystallization rate. The nucleation density increased as a function of the keratin amount in the composites. The crystallinity, the crystal dimension and the long period of the polypropylene were found to be dependent on the crystallization condition and the composite composition. In the crystallized composites, the keratin component, having dimension in the nano- and micro-scale length, was relegated to the intraspherulitic and/or interspherulitic polypropylene regions.


VIII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “TIMES OF POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES”: From Aerospace to Nanotechnology | 2016

Influence of lignin on morphology, structure and thermal behavior of polylactic acid-based biocomposites

Maurizio Canetti; Adriana Cacciamani; Fabio Bertini

Polylactic acid (PLA) is a thermoplastic biodegradable polymer that can be made from annually renewable resources. Lignin is a natural amorphous polyphenolic macromolecule inexpensive and easily available. In the present study PLA and acetylated lignin biocomposites were prepared by casting from chloroform solution. PLA can crystallize from the melt in the α and α’ forms, depending on the adopted crystallization conditions. The presence of the lignin in the biocomposites can interfere with the crystal formation process. Isothermal crystallizations were performed at different temperatures, the presence of lignin causes an increase of the time of crystallization, while the overall crystallization rate and the spherulite radial growth rate decrease with enhancing the lignin content in the biocomposites.


Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B | 2016

Effect of Individualized Cellulose Fibrils on Properties of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Composites

Mohammad Tajul Islam; Alessio Montarsolo; Marina Zoccola; Maurizio Canetti; Adriana Cacciamani; Fabio Bertini

ABSTRACT Cellulose fibrils were manufactured from flax fibers using chemical treatments followed by cryo-crushing and ultrasonication techniques. The fibrils, consisting mainly of cellulose free from lignin, pectin and hemicellulose, were exploited as a biofiller in preparing poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) matrix composites. The effects of incorporating cellulose fibrils on the physical and mechanical properties of the polymer matrix were investigated. In particular, the influence of the fibrils on the thermal stability and degradation of the composites was studied by means of thermogravimetric analysis carried out in both inert and oxidative atmospheres. The runs performed under air flow revealed the efficiency of the cellulose fibrils in delaying the polymer decomposition during thermal oxidation. The weight loss was slowed down in the composites of all compositions and the temperature of degradation increased with increasing the amount of the fibrils. The combustion properties of the fibril-based composites were evaluated by means of pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetry. The addition of cellulose fibrils into the PMMA matrix resulted in a noticeable decrease of the primary combustion parameters.


Journal of Polymer Research | 2012

Structural investigation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) transesterificated blends

Maurizio Canetti; Maila Castellano

Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction (WAXD) and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering analyses were carried out to evaluate the evolution of the crystalline and supermolecular structure of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) blended with poly(trimethylene terephthalate) (PTT). The conditions adopted in preparing the PET/PTT 50/50 blend induce transesterification between the polyesters; these reactions produce a new molecular characteristics based on PET/PTT copolymer that exhibits its own WAXD profile. The PET/PTT 50/50 copolymers prepared by melt mixing of the homopolymers for increasing times evidence spherulitic morphology and an evolution of the crystalline structure in terms of crystallinity and crystal dimensions. The periodicity of the transesterificated samples is intermediate between the long periods observed for pure PET and pure PTT. For the PET/PTT 50/50 copolymers the value of periodicity and lamellar thickness increase with the increasing of the processing time.


International Journal of Biological Macromolecules | 2007

Study on the structure and properties of wool keratin regenerated from formic acid.

Annalisa Aluigi; Marina Zoccola; Claudia Vineis; C. Tonin; Franco Ferrero; Maurizio Canetti


Macromolecules | 2015

Ni(II) α-Diimine-Catalyzed α-Olefins Polymerization: Thermoplastic Elastomers of Block Copolymers

Giuseppe Leone; Massimiliano Mauri; Fabio Bertini; Maurizio Canetti; Daniele Piovani; Giovanni Ricci


Journal of Applied Polymer Science | 2007

Fibers based on cellulose–silk fibroin blend

Enrico Marsano; Maurizio Canetti; G. Conio; Paola Corsini; G. Freddi


Polymer Degradation and Stability | 2013

Wool keratin-polypropylene composites: Properties and thermal degradation

Fabio Bertini; Maurizio Canetti; Alessia Patrucco; Marina Zoccola

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Marina Zoccola

National Research Council

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Annalisa Aluigi

National Research Council

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Massimiliano Mauri

Chalmers University of Technology

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C. Tonin

National Research Council

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Claudia Vineis

National Research Council

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