Table 1.
Physical properties and the WCA of composite films incorporated with various ZnO NPs content.
| Films | Thickness (mm) |
TS (MPa) | EAB (%) | WS (%) | WVP × 10−3 (g mm/m2 h Pa) | WCA (°) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPI | 0.10 ± 0.00 c | 5.02 ± 0.11 c | 82.87 ± 1.96 d | 41.86 ± 5.19 a | 19.53 ± 3.28 a | 57.80 ± 3.97 c |
| SPI/MPE | 0.14 ± 0.0 b | 6.57 ± 0.10 b | 59.95 ± 4.96 c | 33.92 ± 0.08 b | 19.23 ± 3.76 a | 71.30 ± 3.78 a |
| SPI/MPE/ZnO1% | 0.19 ± 0.04 a | 8.11 ± 0.26 a | 75.23 ± 27.98 b | 31.76 ± 0.30 bc | 19.67 ± 2.97 a | 75.08 ± 0.30 a |
| SPI/MPE/ZnO3% | 0.16 ± 0.0 b | 8.23 ± 0.31 a | 53.95 ± 6.68 b | 30.30 ± 1.69 bc | 13.67 ± 8.74 ab | 62.78 ± 0.28 b |
| SPI/MPE/ZnO5% | 0.12 ± 0.06 c | 8.84 ± 0.48 a | 47.88 ± 17.34 a | 28.71 ± 1.07 c | 9.23 ± 4.70 b | 58.75 ± 0.81 bc |
The values are averaged ± Standard deviation. Different letters in the same column show a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05).