Development of poly(acrylic acid)/nanofibrillated cellulose superabsorbent composites by ultraviolet light induced polymerization

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2499-2506

  Wen, Yangbing ^a,b   Zhu, Xuhai ^a   Gauthier, Dominic E ^c   An, Xinye ^a   Cheng, Dong ^a   Ni, Yonghao ^a,b   Yin, Lihua ^d  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c New Brunswick Community College   (Canada)

^d Chemole Absorbent Material (Tianjin) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Absorbency; Nano fibrillated cellulose; PAA hydrogel NFC composites; Swelling rate; UV induced polymerization

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; DEIONIZED WATER; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SWELLING;

ABSORBENCY; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); PROCESS PARAMETERS; SUPERABSORBENT COMPOSITES; SWELLING RATES; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT INDUCED; UV-INDUCED POLYMERIZATION; WATER ABSORBENCY;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84937966922     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0639-6     Document Type: Article

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