Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Quaternary Ammonium-Containing Hyperbranched Polyethylene Ionomers by Ionic Assembly

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 4937-4950

  Huang, Lingqi ^a   Ye, Zhibin ^a   Berry, Richard ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bionanofiller; Cellulose nanocrystals; Composites; Dispersion; Ionomers; Modification; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ETHYLENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONOMERS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; BIONANOFILLER; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); HYPERBRANCHED POLYETHYLENE; MODIFICATION; NEGATIVELY CHARGED SURFACES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

COMPOSITES; DISPERSIONS; IONOMERS; REINFORCEMENT; TENSILE TESTS;

EID: 84986211358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01253     Document Type: Article

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