Simultaneous reinforcing and toughening of polyurethane via grafting on the surface of microfibrillated cellulose

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2497-2507

  Yao, Xuelin ^a   Qi, Xiaodong ^a   He, Yuling ^a   Tan, Dongsheng ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

covalent grafting; high strength; high toughness; microfibrillated cellulose; thermoplastic polyurethane

Indexed keywords

COVALENT GRAFTING; HIGH STRENGTH; HIGH TOUGHNESS; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

CELLULOSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYURETHANES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84896889296     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4056694     Document Type: Article

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