Preparation of esterified bacterial cellulose for improved mechanical properties and the microstructure of isotactic polypropylene/bacterial cellulose composites

Polymers

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Bo ^a,b   Yang, Dan ^a,c   Zhang, Hai Rong ^a,c   Huang, Chao ^a,c   Xiong, Lian ^a,c   Luo, Jun ^a,d   Chen, Xin De ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Guangzhou Fiber Product Testing Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Composites; Esterification; Isotactic polypropylene; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE COMPOSITES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; INTERFACE COMPATIBILITIES; ISOTACTIC POLY(PROPYLENE) (IPP); ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; SURFACE COMPATIBILITY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84964523636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym8040129     Document Type: Article

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