Extraordinary reinforcement effect of three-dimensionally nanoporous cellulose gels in poly(ε-caprolactone) bionanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7204-7213

  Li, Kai ^a   Song, Jianhui ^b   Xu, Min ^b   Kuga, Shigenori ^c   Zhang, Lina ^a   Cai, Jie ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

bionanocomposites; mechanical properties; nanoporous cellulose gel; percolation model; poly( caprolactone)

Indexed keywords

GELS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); POLYMERIZATION; UREA;

BIONANOCOMPOSITES; CAPROLACTONE; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING; NANO-POROUS; NANOFIBRILLAR CELLULOSE; PERCOLATION MODELS; REINFORCEMENT EFFECTS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; GEL; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYESTER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPORE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULOSE; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPORES; POLYESTERS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84901682120     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500337p     Document Type: Article

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