Rafiqah S Ayu, Khalina Abdan, Harmaen Ahmad Saffian, Tawakkal Intan Amin, Zaman Khairul, Asim M, Nurrazi M N, Lee Ching Hao
Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Tropical Products, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
Engineering Faculty, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia.
Polymers (Basel). 2021 Apr 29;13(9):1436. doi: 10.3390/polym13091436.
Researchers and companies have increasingly been drawn to biodegradable polymers and composites because of their environmental resilience, eco-friendliness, and suitability for a range of applications. For various uses, biodegradable fabrics use biodegradable polymers or natural fibers as reinforcement. Many approaches have been taken to achieve better compatibility for tailored and improved material properties. In this article, PBS (polybutylene succinate) was chosen as the main topic due to its excellent properties and intensive interest among industrial and researchers. PBS is an environmentally safe biopolymer that has some special properties, such as good clarity and processability, a shiny look, and flexibility, but it also has some drawbacks, such as brittleness. PBS-based natural fiber composites are completely biodegradable and have strong physical properties. Several research studies on PBS-based composites have been published, including physical, mechanical, and thermal assessments of the properties and its ability to replace petroleum-based materials, but no systematic analysis of up-to-date research evidence is currently available in the literature. The aim of this analysis is to highlight recent developments in PBS research and production, as well as its natural fiber composites. The current research efforts focus on the synthesis, copolymers and biodegradability for its properties, trends, challenges and prospects in the field of PBS and its composites also reviewed in this paper.
由于其环境适应性、生态友好性以及适用于一系列应用，研究人员和公司越来越多地被吸引到可生物降解聚合物和复合材料领域。对于各种用途，可生物降解织物使用可生物降解聚合物或天然纤维作为增强材料。为了实现更好的相容性以定制和改善材料性能，人们采取了许多方法。在本文中，聚丁二酸丁二醇酯（PBS）因其优异的性能以及在工业界和研究人员中受到的广泛关注而被选作主要主题。PBS是一种对环境安全的生物聚合物，具有一些特殊性能，如良好的透明度和加工性能、光泽外观以及柔韧性，但它也有一些缺点，如脆性。基于PBS的天然纤维复合材料完全可生物降解且具有强大的物理性能。已经发表了几项关于基于PBS的复合材料的研究，包括对其性能的物理、机械和热学评估以及其替代石油基材料的能力，但目前文献中尚无对最新研究证据的系统分析。本分析的目的是突出PBS研究与生产及其天然纤维复合材料的最新进展。当前的研究工作集中在PBS及其复合材料领域的合成、共聚物以及其性能的生物降解性、趋势、挑战和前景，本文也对此进行了综述。
