High performance poly (vinyl alcohol)/cellulose nanocrystals nanocomposites manufactured by injection molding

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 485-494

  Zhang, Wei ^a   He, Xu ^a   Li, Cuiying ^a,b   Zhang, Xinxing ^a   Lu, Canhui ^a   Zhang, Xiaodan ^c   Deng, Yulin ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Injection molding; Mechanical properties; Poly (vinyl alcohol); Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; DISPERSION MEDIUM; MELT PROCESSING; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); PVA NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VOLUME SHRINKAGE; WATER LEACHING;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

CALORIMETRY; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84893113383     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-0141-y     Document Type: Article

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