title: New broom fiber (Spartium junceum L.) derivatives: preparation and characterization.
abstract: In the past decade interest in biopolymers has increased. Attempts were made to prepare new composite systems from biopolymers by binding different synthetic polymers to a biopolymer backbone. This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of derivatized broom fibers to prepare composites with either degradability or fireproofing properties. Synthetic strategies are described for the introduction of polymerizable functional groups or fluorine atoms on the glucose of cellulose chains of broom. The fibers containing polymerizable groups were copolymerized with dimethylacrylamide and styrene and, after that, investigated by optical polarizing microscopy (OPM) and scanning electron microscopy analysis (SEM). The materials containing fluorine were submitted to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for the purpose of verifying the fireproofing. Such derivatized biomaterials could be successfully used for applications in agriculture and in the packaging area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy. roberta.cassano@unical.it
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Trombino
authors.forename: Ermelinda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bloise
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muzzalupo
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iemma
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chidichimo
authors.forename: Nevio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Picci
mesh_terms: D000178:Acrylamides / Q000737:chemistry; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D005411:Flame Retardants; D005461:Fluorine / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D031302:Spartium / Q000737:chemistry*; D020058:Styrene / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000178:Acrylamides; D001704:Biopolymers; D005411:Flame Retardants; D011108:Polymers; D005461:Fluorine; D020058:Styrene