Highly Transparent and Toughened Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanocomposite Films Containing Networks of Cellulose Nanofibrils

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 25464-25472

  Dong, Hong ^a,b   Sliozberg, Yelena R ^a,b   Snyder, James F ^a   Steele, Joshua ^a   Chantawansri, Tanya L ^a   Orlicki, Joshua A ^a   Walck, Scott D ^a,b   Reiner, Richard S ^c   Rudie, Alan W ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TKC Global Inc   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulose nanofibrils; coarse grained simulation; interfacial interactions; mechanical properties; nanocomposites; poly(methyl methacrylate)

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; DISPERSIONS; ESTERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS (CNFS); COARSE-GRAINED; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) NANOCOMPOSITES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; THERMAL PROPERTIES; WETTABILITY;

CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFIBER; NANOTUBE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOTUBES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84947743411     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08317     Document Type: Article

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