Sustainable optically transparent composites based on epoxidized soy-bean oil (ESO) matrix and high contents of bacterial cellulose (BC)

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Retegi, A ^a   Algar, I ^a   Martin, L ^a   Altuna, F ^b   Stefani, P ^b   Zuluaga, R ^c   Ganan P ^c   Mondragon, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Fibre matrix bond; Fibres; Mechanical properties; Nano composites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; EPOXIDIZED SOYBEAN OIL; FIBER CONTENTS; FIBRE/MATRIX BOND; HIGH STIFFNESS; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; HIGH-CONTENT; MATRIX; NETWORK STRUCTURES; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT COMPOSITES; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRANSPARENT COMPOSITES; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BORON CARBIDE; CELLULOSE; FIBERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TRANSPARENCY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84855491253     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-011-9598-8     Document Type: Article

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