A Simple and Versatile Strategy to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites with Cellulose Nanocrystals

Macromolecules

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2364-2374

  Meesorn, Worarin ^a   Shirole, Anuja ^a   Vanhecke, Dimitri ^a   De Espinosa, Lucas Montero ^a   Weder, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ELASTIC MODULI; ENERGY TRANSFER; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REINFORCEMENT;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLY METHYL ACRYLATE; POLYMERIC DISPERSANT; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS;

EID: 85016394796     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b02629     Document Type: Article

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