Mechanical properties of natural rubber nanocomposites reinforced with cellulosic nanoparticles obtained from combined mechanical shearing, and enzymatic and acid hydrolysis of sisal fibers

Cellulose

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-65

  Siqueira, Gilberto ^a   Tapin Lingua, Sandra ^b   Bras, Julien ^a   da Silva Perez, Denilson ^b   Dufresne, Alain ^a,c  

^a INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^b Institut Technologique FCBA   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellulases; Cellulose; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); Nanocomposites; Sisal; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; RUBBER; SHEARING; TENSILE TESTING;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; CELLULASES; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; MECHANICAL SHEARING; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); RUBBER NANOCOMPOSITES; SISAL; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 79251601057     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-010-9463-1     Document Type: Article

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