Strong Surface Treatment Effects on Reinforcement Efficiency in Biocomposites Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals in Poly(vinyl acetate) Matrix

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3916-3924

  Ansari, Farhan ^a   Salajková, Michaela ^a,b   Zhou, Qi ^b,c   Berglund, Lars A ^a,b  

^a Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology ^*  (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); D. DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSES (DMTA); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; POLY(VINYL ACETATE) (PVAC); SURFACE TREATMENT EFFECTS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYVINYL ACETATE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; DISPERSION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITES; POLYVINYL ACETATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WATER REPELLENCE;

CELLULOSE; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84949844757     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b01245     Document Type: Article

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