Low Frequency Dielectric and Optical Behavior on Physicochemical Properties of Hydroxyapatite/Cornstarch Composite

Beh CY 1 , Cheng EM 2 , Mohd Nasir NF 1 , Khor SF 3 , Eng SK 3 , Abdul Majid MS 4 Show all authors , Ridzuan MJM 4 , Lee KY 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia; Advanced Communication Engineering (ACE) Centre of Excellence, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia. Electronic address: [email protected]
  • 3 Faculty of Electrical Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Perlis, Malaysia
  • 5 Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering & Science, Tunku Abdul Rahman University, Sungai Long Campus, Jalan Sungai Long, Sungai Long City, Cheras, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
J Colloid Interface Sci, 2021 Oct 15;600:187-198.
PMID: 34015511 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.158

Abstract

An investigation on relationship among the physicochemical, optical and dielectric properties of the hydroxyapatite/cornstarch (HA/Cs) composites with the starch proportion of 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 wt% is presented in this work. The HA/Cs composites have been characterized via FTIR, XRD, DRS and impedance analyzer. This work depicts that the strong interaction is exhibited between the hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and starch as the starch proportion increases. This increment trend results in the higher crystallinity of the HA/Cs composites. The highly crystallized HA/Cs with hydroxyapatite nucleation center presents low optical properties (diffuse reflectance and optical band gap energy). The HA/Cs composite with 80 wt% starch proportion (H2C8) show higher dielectric properties (dielectric constant, loss factor and conductivity) due to the stronger interfacial interaction and close-packed HA/Cs crystalline structure. The relationship among the physicochemical, optical and dielectric properties of the HA/Cs composite is studied in this work for potential of instrumentation design.

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