Jones Alexander, Zeller Mark Ashton, Sharma Suraj
Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
ALGIX, LLC, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
Prog Biomater. 2013 Jul 3;2(1):12. doi: 10.1186/2194-0517-2-12.
Petroleum-based plastics have many drawbacks: the large amount of energy required to produce the plastic, the waste generated as a result of plastic production, and the accumulation of waste due to slow degradation rate. It is because of these negative attributes of conventional plastic use that attention is being focused on environmentally friendly plastics from alternative sources. Albumin protein provides one possible source of raw material, with inherent antimicrobial properties that may make it suitable for medical applications. We conducted this study to investigate the various bioplastic properties of the albumin with the use of three plasticizers - water, glycerol, and natural rubber latex. Based on results, 75:25 albumin-water, 75:25 albumin-glycerol, and 80:20 albumin-natural rubber were the best blending ratios for each plasticizer for a subsequent time study to determine water stability, with the 80:20 albumin-natural rubber blend ratio having possessed the best thermal, tensile, and viscoelastic properties overall.
生产塑料所需的大量能源、塑料生产产生的废物以及由于降解速度缓慢导致的废物积累。正是由于传统塑料使用的这些负面属性，人们的注意力正集中在来自替代来源的环保塑料上。白蛋白提供了一种可能的原材料来源，其固有的抗菌特性可能使其适用于医疗应用。我们进行了这项研究，以使用三种增塑剂——水、甘油和天然橡胶乳胶来研究白蛋白的各种生物塑料特性。根据结果，75:25的白蛋白-水、75:25的白蛋白-甘油和80:20的白蛋白-天然橡胶是每种增塑剂用于后续时间研究以确定水稳定性的最佳混合比例，其中80:20的白蛋白-天然橡胶混合比例总体上具有最佳的热性能、拉伸性能和粘弹性性能。
