Chapter 8: Conclusions and Recommendations
8.3. Recommendations
This research is restricted to plant based resources and further exploration on characterization of the mechanical properties of such composites is recommended. Degree of surface acetylation for optimal dispersion needs further study as well. Quantification of dispersion quality by further morphological image analysis could have been another area of research complimenting this research study. While PLA was the only biopolymer used for this study, further research on other biopolymer matrix could have further strengthened this research as well.
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Key areas for recommendation are highlighted below:
Modifications of cellulose by other means by experimenting with other functional groups.
Preparation of other biocomposites using other biopolymer rather than PLA/PBAT.
Thermal study for crystallization analysis. The relationship between structural features and crystallization kinetics in addition of the nanofiller to the polymer matrix is required from a fundamental viewpoint for isothermal and non-isothermal processing operations. Addition of cellulose has some nucleating effect on PLA matrix which needs to be further explored.
Further fractal study and applying scaling law to understand the structure of the network.
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