Multilayer assembly of ionic starches on old corrugated container recycled cellulosic fibers |
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| Authors: | Hamidreza Rudi Yahya Hamzeh Esmaeil Rasooly Garmaroody Seyed Rahman Djafari Petroudy Mousa M Nazhad |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biorefinery Engineering, Faculty of New Technologies and Energy Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Zirab, Mazandaran, Iran;2. Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran;3. Pulp and Paper Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand |
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| Abstract: | In this study, old corrugated container recycled fibers were treated with polyelectrolyte multilayers consisting of biopolymer cationic starch with two degrees of substitution (DS) each in combination with one anionic starch. Pulp zeta potential, paper strength and the thin layer ellipsometry technique were applied to examine the influence of cationic starch DS on the formation of polyelectrolyte multilayers. The results indicated a significant interaction between the DS of cationic starch and the number of ionic starch layers formed. When low‐DS cationic starch was used, the pulp zeta potential and the paper strength increased significantly in assembling the first cationic layer. However, in depositing high‐DS cationic starch a greater zeta potential and a stronger influence on the paper strength were observed with a larger number of starch layers. This was confirmed by thin layer ellipsometry when a greater thickness of multilayers was achieved by employing high‐DS cationic starch to form a higher number of layers. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry |
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| Keywords: | layer‐by‐layer technique recycled fibers starch thin layer ellipsometry zeta potential |
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