Polycaprolactone Nanocomposites Reinforced with Cellulose Nanocrystals Surface-Modified via Covalent Grafting or Physisorption: A Comparative Study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 40, 2017, Pages 35305-35318

  Boujemaoui, Assya ^a   Cobo Sanchez, Carmen ^a   Engström, Joakim ^b   Bruce, Carl ^a   Fogelström, Linda ^a,b   Carlmark, Anna ^a   Malmström, Eva ^a  

^a Division of Coating Technology   (Sweden)

^b School of Chemical Science and Engineering   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs); covalent grafting; nanocomposites; physisorption; poly( caprolactone) (PCL); reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP)

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ISOMERS; LATEXES; MANGANESE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; MICELLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHYSISORPTION; POLYACRYLATES; POLYCAPROLACTONE; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); COVALENT GRAFTING; POLY(N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE) (PN-BMA); REVERSIBLE ADDITION FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER; REVERSIBLEDEACTIVATION RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (RDRP); SURFACE INITIATED ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION (SI ATRP); SURFACTANT-FREE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSES (TGA);

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; GRAVIMETRY; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACTANTS; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 85031302620     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b09009     Document Type: Article

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