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Rheological Characterization of Plasticized Corn Proteins for Fused Deposition Modeling

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Additive Manufacturing (AM) of tailored natural biopolymer-based objects by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) opens new perspectives for applications such as biomedical temporary devices, or pharmaceutical tablets. This exploits the biocompatibility, resorbability and edibility properties of biopolymers. When adequately plasticized, zeins, storage proteins from endosperm of maize kernels, displayed thermomechanical properties possibly matching FDM processing requirements at a convenient temperature T(printing)=130°C. Indeed, with 20% glycerol added (T(g)=42°C), plasticized zeins present a high modulus, E'>1GPa, at ambient conditions, which drops below 0.6 MPa at the processing temperature T=130°C, before flowing in the molten state. The rheological characterization shows that the processing window is limited by a progressive increase of viscosity linked to proteins aggregation and crosslinking by S-S bonding between cysteine amino acid residues, which can lead to gelation. However, for short residence time typical of FDM, the viscosity of plasticized zeins is comparable to the one of standard polymers, like ABS or PLA in their FDM processing conditions: indeed, in presence of glycerol, the molten zeins show a shear-thinning behavior with |η*|≈3kPa.s at 1s(-1), decreasing to |η*|≈0.3kPa.s at 100s(-1), at 130°C. Moreover, zeins presenting both hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains, amphiphilic plasticizers can be used supplementary to tune their rheological behavior. With 20% oleic acid added to the previous composition, the viscosity is divided down to a ratio about 1/2 at 100s(-1) at 130°C, below the value of a standard polymer as PLA at its printing temperature. These results show the possible enhancement of the printability of zein-based materials in the molten state, by combining polar and amphiphilic plasticizers.
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hal-01823526 , version 1 (26-06-2018)

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Laurent Chaunier, Michèle Dalgalarrondo, Guy Della Valle, Denis Lourdin, Didier Marion, et al.. Rheological Characterization of Plasticized Corn Proteins for Fused Deposition Modeling. ESAFORM 2017, European Scientific Association For Material Forming (ESAFORM). INT., Apr 2017, Dublin, Ireland. ⟨10.1063/1.5008028⟩. ⟨hal-01823526⟩
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