{"id":7635,"date":"2022-02-28T08:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T09:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behzistdanesh.com\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2022-02-28T08:09:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T09:09:18","slug":"self-cleaning-bioplastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behzistdanesh.com\/en\/self-cleaning-bioplastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Cleaning Bioplastic Inspired by the Lotus Leaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">News- Inspired by the always immaculate lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning <strong>bioplastic<\/strong> that is sturdy, <strong>sustainable<\/strong>, and <strong>compostable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The innovative plastic developed at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) repels liquids and dirt \u2013 just like a lotus leaf \u2013 then breaks down rapidly once in <strong>soil<\/strong>. Iranian researcher; Mehran Ghasemlou (PhD), lead author of the study published in Science of the Total Environment, said the new bioplastic was ideal for <strong>fresh food<\/strong> and <strong>takeaway packaging<\/strong>, also,\u00a0it does not need industrial intervention to <strong>biodegrade<\/strong>, with trials showing it breaks down naturally and quickly in soil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lotus leaves are renowned for having some of the most <strong>water-repellent surfaces<\/strong> on earth and are almost impossible to get dirty. To make their lotus-inspired material, the RMIT team of science and engineering researchers first synthetically engineered a plastic made of <strong>starch<\/strong> and <strong>cellulosic<\/strong> nanoparticles. The surface of this bioplastic was imprinted with a pattern that mimics the structure of lotus leaves, then coated with a protective layer of <strong>PDMS<\/strong>, a <strong>silicon-based organic polymer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Tests show the bioplastic not only repels liquids and dirt effectively, but also retains its self-cleaning properties after being scratched with abrasives and exposed to heat, acid, and ethanol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This study was published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (DOI: 10.1021\/acsami.1c09959)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">14.02.2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ref: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bioplasticsmagazine.com\/en\/news\/meldungen\/20220214_Lotus_effect.php\">www.bioplasticsmagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News- Inspired by the always immaculate lotus leaf, researchers have developed a self-cleaning bioplastic that is sturdy, sustainable, and compostable The innovative plastic developed at RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia) repels liquids and dirt \u2013 just like a lotus leaf \u2013 then breaks down rapidly once in soil. 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