Aligned bioinspired cellulose nanocrystal-based nanocomposites with synergetic mechanical properties and improved hygromechanical performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4595-4607

  Wang, Baochun ^a   Torres Rendon, Jose Guillermo ^a   Yu, Jinchao ^b   Zhang, Yumei ^b   Walther, Andreas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioinspired materials; humidity; nanocellulose; toughness; wet drawing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOMIMETICS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; NANOCELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TOUGHNESS;

BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; SUPRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; WET DRAWING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

HUMIDITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CELLULOSE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84924269294     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am507726t     Document Type: Article

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