@Article{JRM.2013.634123,
AUTHOR = {Pushpa Bhardwaj, Susheel Kalia, Amit Kumar, Hemant Mittal},
TITLE = {Peroxide Treatment of Soy Protein Fibers Followed by  Grafting of Poly(methyl acrylate) and Copolymers},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {1},
YEAR = {2013},
NUMBER = {4},
PAGES = {302--310},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v1n4/49663},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {The objective of the present study is to elucidate the effect of peroxide treatment and graft copolymerization 
on water absorption behavior of soy protein fi bers in order to make them suitable as a reinforcing material. 
Grafting of poly(methyl acrylate) and copolymers was successfully carried out on peroxide-treated soy protein 
fi bers. Different reaction parameters were optimized in order to get maximum percentage grafting. The grafted 
fi bers were evaluated for water absorption behavior in deionized water. Maximum grafting has been found at 
0.219 mol/l of methyl acrylate, 0.0096:0.145 mol/l of FAS:H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>
, 323 K, and 90minutes. Graft copolymerization 
results in remarkable changes in morphology of soy protein fi bers. The FT-IR spectrum confi rms the graft 
copolymerization of methyl acrylate and binary monomer mixture onto soy protein fi bers. Grafted soy protein 
fi bers showed minimum water absorption as compared to original and peroxide-treated soy protein fi bers 
because active sites were blocked due to grafting of poly(methyl acrylate) and other copolymers.},
DOI = {10.7569/JRM.2013.634123}
}