Facile preparation of mouldable polyvinyl alcohol-borax hydrogels reinforced by well-dispersed cellulose nanoparticles: Physical, viscoelastic and mechanical properties

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2947-2958

  Han, Jingquan ^a,b   Lei, Tingzhou ^c   Wu, Qinglin ^b  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Henan Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy   (China)

Author keywords

Borax; Cellulose nanoparticles; Hydrogel; Mechanical properties; Polyvinyl alcohol; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BORAX; CELLULOSE NANOPARTICLES; COMPRESSION PROPERTIES; COMPRESSION STRESS; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; CROSS-LINKED COMPLEX; DYNAMIC OSCILLATIONS; FACILE PREPARATION;

ASPECT RATIO; BORATE MINERALS; CELLULOSE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REINFORCEMENT; SODIUM BORATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84887872798     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-0082-5     Document Type: Article

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