Strong surface treatment effects on reinforcement efficiency in biocomposites based on cellulose nanocrystals in poly(vinyl acetate) matrix

QC 20160115
In this work, the problem to disperse cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) in hydrophobic polymer matrices has been addressed through application of an environmentally friendly chemical modification approach inspired by clay chemistry. The objective is to compare the effects of unmodified CNC and modified CNC (modCNC) reinforcement, where degree of CNC dispersion is of interest. Hydrophobic functionalization made it possible to disperse wood-based modCNC in organic solvent and cast well-dispersed nanocomposite films of poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) with 1-20 wt % CNC. Composite films were studied by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-vis spectroscopy, dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), tensile testing, and field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM). Strongly increased mechanical properties were observed for modCNC nanocomposites. The reinforcement efficiency was much lower in unmodified CNC composites, and specific mechanisms causing the differences are discussed.

Salajkova, MichaelaKTH,Biokompositer,Träkemi och massateknologi(Swepub:kth)u1li8aph (författare)
Zhou, QiKTH,Glykovetenskap,Wallenberg Wood Science Center(Swepub:kth)u15a66y4 (författare)
Lars, BerglundKTH,Biokompositer,Wallenberg Wood Science Center(Swepub:kth)u1wqz3r1 (författare)
KTHBiokompositer (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Biomacromolecules: American Chemical Society (ACS)16:12, s. 3916-39241525-77971526-4602

Av författaren/redakt...: Ansari, Farhan; Salajkova, Micha ...; Zhou, Qi; Lars, Berglund

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER: TEKNIK OCH TEKNO ...; och Kemiteknik; och Polymerteknologi

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