Gianluca Maffei

Gianluca Maffei

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 April 2019 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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Francesca LuziFrancesca Luzi
Francesca Luzi
Debora PugliaDebora Puglia
Debora Puglia
Fabrizio SarasiniFabrizio Sarasini
Fabrizio Sarasini
JTJ. Tirillò
J. Tirillò
GMGianluca Maffei
Gianluca Maffei
LTL. Torre
L. Torre

12 November 2018 in Polymers
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Fabrizio SarasiniFabrizio Sarasini
Fabrizio Sarasini
Francesca LuziFrancesca Luzi
Francesca Luzi
FFranco Dominici
Franco Dominici
GMGianluca Maffei
Gianluca Maffei
AIAnnalaura Iannone
Annalaura Iannone
Debora PugliaDebora Puglia
Debora Puglia
This work investigates the feasibility of using coffee silverskin (CSS), one of the most abundant coffee waste products, as a reinforcing agent in biopolymer-based composites. The effect of using two compatibilizers, a maleinized linseed oil (MLO) and a traditional silane (APTES, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane), on mechanical and thermal behavior of sustainable composites based on a poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate/Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) PBAT/PHBV blend filled with coffee silverskin, in both the as-received state and after the extraction of antioxidants, was studied. Thermal (by differential scanning calorimetry), mechanical (by tensile testing), and morphological properties (by scanning electron microscopy) of injection molded biocomposites at three different weight contents (10, 20, and 30 wt %) were considered and discussed as a function of compatibilizer type. The effects of extraction procedure and silane treatment on surface properties of CSS were investigated by infrared spectroscopy. Obtained results confirmed that extracted CSS and silane-treated CSS provided the best combination of resistance properties and ductility, while MLO provided a limited compatibilization effect with CSS, due to the reduced amount of hydroxyl groups on CSS after extraction, suggesting that the effects of silane modification were more significant than the introduction of plasticizing agent.