Comparative Study of the Antimicrobial Effect of Nanocomposites and Composite Based on Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) Using Cu and Cu/Cu2O Nanoparticles and CuSO4

Table 3 Degradation temperature of PBAT, NCs-PBAT/Cu, NCs-PBAT/Cu|Cu₂O, and MCs-PBAT/CuSO₄

Sample	Initial degradation temperature T_di [°C]	Final degradation temperature T_df [°C]	% of degradation
PBAT	316.21	420.77	98.92
NCs-PBAT/Cu 1%	337.63	425.83	97.58
NCs-PBAT/Cu 3%	341.38	427.17	95.48
NCs-PBAT/Cu 5%	342.72	427.17	96.80
NCs-PBAT/Cu\|Cu₂O 1%	352.36	403.6	92.94
NCs-PBAT/Cu\|Cu₂O 3%	353.24	402.27	92.66
NCs-PBAT/Cu\|Cu₂O 5%	338.12	403.15	90.25
MCs-PBAT/CuSO₄ 1%	360.91	401.65	94.12
MCs-PBAT/CuSO₄ 3%	352.73	401.33	92.12
MCs-PBAT/CuSO₄ 5%	351.52	396.14	94.71