Biopolymers obtained from renewable resources became the center of public interest by virtue of their environmental and commercial advantages. Natural polymers such as starch, almond gum, chitosan and arabic gum were investigated to get fully or partially biodegradable dielectric material. Thus, in this article we study the material properties of cashew gum. This biopolymer is an exudate collected from occidental anacardium tree. For this investigation, scanning electron microscopy of powder and thin film cashew gum showed homogenous and slightly rough surface morphology with visible wrinkles. The thermal analyses such as thermogravimetric (TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter were realized. thermogravimetric thermogram shows two distinct stages of decomposition. The first around 150°C is attributed to moisture evaporation with loss in weight of 9.7%. The second transition, between 255°C and 330°C, is related to the decomposition of cashew gum with loss in weight of 50%. UV-visible spectra of the cashew gum thin film show a low absorbance and high transmittance. For this material, we obtained a direct optical band gap around 4.56 eV. In addition, the dielectric and electrical characterizations lead to conclude that cashew gum may be interesting for transistor applications as a gate dielectric.
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