Simultaneously Tailoring Surface Energies and Thermal Stabilities of Cellulose Nanocrystals Using Ion Exchange: Effects on Polymer Composite Properties for Transportation, Infrastructure, and Renewable Energy Applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 27270-27281

  Fox, Douglas M ^a   Rodriguez, Rebeca S ^a   Devilbiss, Mackenzie N ^a   Woodcock, Jeremiah ^b   Davis, Chelsea S ^b   Sinko, Robert ^c   Keten, Sinan ^c   Gilman, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystals; dispersion; epoxy; extrusion; ionic liquids; polymer composites

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); EXTRUSION; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; IONIC LIQUIDS; IONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; REINFORCEMENT; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); EPOXY; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENE NANOCOMPOSITES; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS;

ION EXCHANGE;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITES; DISPERSIONS; EPOXIDES; EXTRUSION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84991401430     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06083     Document Type: Article

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