Composites Based on Eucalyptus Nitens Leaves and Natural Rubber as a Valuable Alternative for the Development of Elastomeric Materials with Low Microbiological Impact

Author:

Aguilar-Bolados Héctor1ORCID,Rosales-Charlin Natacha1,Pérez-Manríquez Claudia2ORCID,Torres-Galan Solange2,Dahrouch Mohamed3ORCID,Verdejo Raquel4ORCID,Hernández Santana Marianella4ORCID,Becerra Jose2

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Polímeros, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion 3349001, Chile

2. Departamento de Fitoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion 3349001, Chile

3. Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepcion 3349001, Chile

4. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, Juan de la Cierva, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

The forest industry produces several low-value by-products, such as bark, sawdust, limbs, and leaves, that are not ultimately disposed of and remain in the forests and sawmill facilities. Among these by-products are leaves, which contain not only cellulose fibers and lignin but also essential oils such as terpenes. These are biosynthesized in a similar way as cis-1,4-polyisoprene. In this context, this work evaluates the use of screened and unscreened dried Eucalyptus nitens leaves in natural rubber. Among the most relevant results of this work is a significant increase in mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation at break, reaching values of 9.45 MPa and 649% of tensile strength and elongation at break, respectively, for a sample of natural rubber containing sieved dried leaves of Eucalyptus nitens. In addition, it is observed that the content of this vegetable filler allows for inhibiting the antibacterial effect of vulcanized rubber against several bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli K 12, Escherichia coli FT 17 and Pseudomonas fluorescens. These results are promising because they not only add value to a by-product of the forestry industry, improving the mechanical properties of natural rubber from a sustainable approach but also increase the affinity of rubber with bacterial microorganisms that may play a role in certain ecosystems.

Publisher

MDPI AG

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