Lignocellulose Nanofiber-Reinforced Polystyrene Produced from Composite Microspheres Obtained in Suspension Polymerization Shows Superior Mechanical Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 13520-13525

  Ballner, Daniel ^a   Herzele, Sabine ^b   Keckes, Jozef ^c   Edler, Matthias ^c   Griesser, Thomas ^c   Saake, Bodo ^d   Liebner, Falk ^a   Potthast, Antje ^a   Paulik, Christian ^e   Gindl Altmutter, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b KOMPETENZZENTRUM HOLZ GMBH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

cellulose; lignin; nanocomposite; polystyrene; suspension polymerization

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BLEACHED PULP; CELLULOSE; EMULSIFICATION; HOT PRESSING; LIGNIN; MICROSPHERES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; POLYMERIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; STYRENE; WOOD;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; COMPOSITE MICROSPHERES; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYSTYRENE MICRO-SPHERE; RESIDUAL HEMICELLULOSE; SURFACE CHEMICALS; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION; SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION OF STYRENE;

POLYSTYRENES;

BLEACHED PULPS; CELLULOSE; HOT PRESSING; LIGNINS; MICROSPHERES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENE;

EID: 84973375681     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b01992     Document Type: Article

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