Ionic Compatibilization of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Quaternary Ammonium Salt and Their Melt Extrusion with Polypropylene

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 8755-8764

  Nagalakshmaiah, Malladi ^a,b,c   El Kissi, Nadia ^a,b   Dufresne, Alain ^a,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Univ Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystal; melt extrusion; polymer nanocomposite; polypropylene; quaternary ammonium salt

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRUSION; FILLED POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMERS; SALTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); HIGH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT EXTRUSION; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALT; SOLVENT FREE PROCESS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER;

POLYPROPYLENES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; EXTRUSION; MECHANICAL TESTS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENE;

EID: 84964733201     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01650     Document Type: Article

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