Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sample</td><td class="align_center">Tensile strength (MPa)</td><td class="align_center">Elongation at break (%)</td><td class="align_center">Tensile modulus (MPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">PLA</td><td class="align_center">67 ± 1.5</td><td class="align_center">6.1 ± 0.3</td><td class="align_center">3930 ± 64</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">TPS</td><td class="align_center">19 ± 0.7</td><td class="align_center">2.7 ± 0.6</td><td class="align_center">1550 ± 60</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Characteristics of PLA and TPS.</div>

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Table 1: Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality 

Table 1 | Characteristics of Biodegradable Polylactide/Thermoplastic Starch/Nanosilica Composites: Effects of Plasticizer and Nanosilica Functionality 