Transparent and flexible amorphous cellulose-acrylic hybrids

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 287, Issue , 2016, Pages 196-204

  Tran, Thi Nga ^a   Paul, Uttam ^a   Heredia Guerrero, José Alejandro ^a   Liakos, Ioannis ^a   Marras, Sergio ^a   Scarpellini, Alice ^a   Ayadi, Farouk ^a   Athanassiou, Athanassia ^a   Bayer, Ilker S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Packaging; PMMA; Polymer hybrids; Trifluoroacetic acid

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PMMA; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYMER HYBRID; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETIC ACID; CELLULOSE; PACKAGING; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE;

EID: 84947967593     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.10.114     Document Type: Article

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