Adhesion properties of soy protein crosslinked with organic calcium silicate hydrate hybrids

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe objective of this work was to investigate if inorganic calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) hybrids would improve soy protein wet adhesion properties. 3‐aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) was used as a crosslinking agent to make covalent linkage between organic soy protein and inorganic CSH phases. Soy protein–calcium silicate hydrate (MSP‐CSH) composites with different mole ratio of APTES were prepared and the effect of crosslinking reaction on physicochemical properties such as thermal, rheological, FTIR spectroscopic, and morphological and adhesion properties were studied with physical aging effect. Covalent linkage was observed between CSH and soy protein using the FTIR technique. With aging effect, the denaturation temperature (Td) and enthalpies (ΔHd) of each fraction of soy protein increased in DSC thermograms, representing higher thermal stability, and the viscoelasticity of the composites also increased. The roughly coated surface of the MSP‐CSH composite was observed in SEM images. All these changes further confirmed the interaction between CSH and soy protein molecules. Dry and wet adhesion strength of the MSP‐CSH composites was higher than the control MSP alone. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014, 131, 40693.