High Oxygen Barrier Property of Poly(propylene carbonate)/Polyethylene Glycol Nanocomposites with Low Loading of Cellulose Nanocrytals

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 11246-11254

  Jiang, Guo ^a   Zhang, Mengdi ^a   Feng, Jian ^a   Zhang, Shuidong ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrytals; Cussler model; Gas barrier; Poly(propylene carbonate); Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; PROPYLENE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ELONGATION AT BREAK; GAS BARRIER; INITIAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN BARRIER PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE CARBONATE; RHEOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CELLULOSE; GAS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL;

EID: 85042375574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01674     Document Type: Article

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