The role of nanocrystalline cellulose during crystallization of poly(ε-caprolactone) composites: Nucleation agent or not?

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 92, Issue , 2017, Pages 17-26

  Lv, Qiaolian ^a   Xu, Chunjiang ^a   Wu, Defeng ^a   Wang, Zhifeng ^a   Lan, Ruyue ^a   Wu, Lisheng ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs); B. Thermal properties; D. Thermal analysis; E. Surface treatments

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; THERMOANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; E. SURFACE TREATMENT; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE(NCC); POLY (EPSILONCAPROLACTONE); POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PMCS);

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84995475835     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2016.10.035     Document Type: Article

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