Supramolecular Engineering of Hierarchically Self-Assembled, Bioinspired, Cholesteric Nanocomposites Formed by Cellulose Nanocrystals and Polymers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 11031-11040

  Zhu, Baolei ^a   Merindol, Remi ^a   Benitez, Alejandro J ^a   Wang, Baochun ^a   Walther, Andreas ^a  

^a DWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR INTERACTIVE MATERIALS   (Germany)

Author keywords

biomimetic materials; crustacean mimetic; mechanical properties; nanocellulose; self healing polymers

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPLEXATION; DEFORMATION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; SELF-HEALING MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CRUSTACEAN-MIMETIC; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; NANO-CELLULOSE; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION TRANSFER POLYMERIZATION; SELF-HEALING POLYMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ENGINEERING;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; HYDROGEN BONDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS;

CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

HYDROGEN BOND;

CELLULOSE; HYDROGEN BONDING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84969916544     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00410     Document Type: Article

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