Interpenetrated polymer networks in composites with poly(vinyl alcohol), micro- and nano-fibrillated cellulose (M/NFC) and polyHEMA to develop packaging materials

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3877-3894

  Bai, Huiyu ^a,b   Li, Yufei ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Chen, Guangliang ^c   Rojas, Orlando J ^d,e   Dong, Weifu ^a   Liu, Xiaoya ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite films; Micro and nano fibrillated cellulose; Packaging; Photo crosslinking; Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERPENETRATED POLYMER NETWORKS; PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; PHOTOCROSS-LINKING; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); THERMO-MECHANICAL; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84946500829     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0748-2     Document Type: Article

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