Scalable processing of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites toughened with nanocellulose

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 406-416

  Amin, Khairatun Najwa Mohd ^a,b   Amiralian, Nasim ^a   Annamalai, Pratheep K ^a   Edwards, Grant ^a   Chaleat, Celine ^a   Martin, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanocellulose; Nanocomposites; Polyurethane; Reactive extrusion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYURETHANES; PROCESSING; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC; NANO-CELLULOSE; POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; RELAXATION TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 84979681542     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.05.067     Document Type: Article

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