A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization
Currently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. This research was conducted to determine the e...
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| description | Currently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. This research was conducted to determine the effect of naturally occurring compounds, such as quercetin (Q) and sodium montmorillonite (NaMMt) at different weight ratios, in biopolyester, such as polylactic acid (PLA), aiming to formulate ecosustainable materials to control the soil degradation and to protect the environment. As known, the use of sophisticated analytical tools to describe the material rheology and melting properties is nowadays very popular among physicists and material scientists. Certainly, several experimental tests conducted on polymeric- and biopolymeric-based materials, such as rubbers, foams, and hydro/aero gels, show that the relaxation time spectra are a continuous function, and as a consequence, multiple relaxation times are involved in the rheological description of the materials, yielding the need for nonconventional relaxation functions. Indeed, in this work, the considered fractional-order model could be considered a powerful tool to describe and to predict the melting properties of the complex polymer-based systems containing different additives. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5aceaba150ac481d958b9738dd624df32025-02-03T05:53:55ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422019-01-01201910.1155/2019/59865645986564A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil StabilizationNadka Tzankova Dintcheva0Marilena Baiamonte1Rosalia Teresi2Gioacchino Alotta3Emanuela Bologna4Massimiliano Zingales5Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Ambientale, Aerospaziale, dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 6, 90128 Palermo, ItalyCurrently, the use of polymers and biopolymers as soil-stabilizer additives for control of the soil degradation, deterioration, and desertification and for improving the arid and semiarid soils has been expanded significantly in the agricultural sector. This research was conducted to determine the effect of naturally occurring compounds, such as quercetin (Q) and sodium montmorillonite (NaMMt) at different weight ratios, in biopolyester, such as polylactic acid (PLA), aiming to formulate ecosustainable materials to control the soil degradation and to protect the environment. As known, the use of sophisticated analytical tools to describe the material rheology and melting properties is nowadays very popular among physicists and material scientists. Certainly, several experimental tests conducted on polymeric- and biopolymeric-based materials, such as rubbers, foams, and hydro/aero gels, show that the relaxation time spectra are a continuous function, and as a consequence, multiple relaxation times are involved in the rheological description of the materials, yielding the need for nonconventional relaxation functions. Indeed, in this work, the considered fractional-order model could be considered a powerful tool to describe and to predict the melting properties of the complex polymer-based systems containing different additives.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5986564 |
| spellingShingle | Nadka Tzankova Dintcheva Marilena Baiamonte Rosalia Teresi Gioacchino Alotta Emanuela Bologna Massimiliano Zingales A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization |
| title_full | A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization |
| title_fullStr | A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization |
| title_short | A Fractional-Order Model of Biopolyester Containing Naturally Occurring Compounds for Soil Stabilization |
| title_sort | fractional order model of biopolyester containing naturally occurring compounds for soil stabilization |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5986564 |
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