Biological structures such as nacre and bone consist of 95% ceramic and 5% organic composition to produce a material that is fracture resistant in the order of 3000 times the ceramic plate, the constituent also presents additional functional possibilities. We examine the polymer-nanoplatelet based composites for bioinspired design. As matrix we use Poly (butylene adipate-co- terephthalate) (PBAT), a biodegradable petroleum based material and layer double hydroxides (LDH) was used as the nanoplates. The concentration of LDH was 50 w/w of matrix. Mechanical properties (strength, modulus, hardness and elastic recovery) and thermal properties (melting, crystallization, glass transition) of the composites show improvements over the matrix. Corrosion resistance was increased by mimicking a layered structured which incorporated a tortuous diffusion path.
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