TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymer nanocomposites with nanowhiskers isolated from microcrystalline cellulose
AU - Capadona, Jeffrey R.
AU - Shanmuganathan, Kadhiravan
AU - Trittschuh, Stephanie
AU - Seidel, Scott
AU - Rowan, Stuart J.
AU - Weder, Christoph
PY - 2009/4/13
Y1 - 2009/4/13
N2 - The ability to produce polymer nanocomposites, which comprise a percolating, three-dimensional network of well-individualized nanofibers, is important to maximize the reinforcing effect of the nanofibers. While microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) has been previously shown to improve the mechanical properties of polymer composites, the formation of fibrous percolating networks within the nanocomposites has been stifled. Through the utilization of a template approach, nanocomposites based on an ethylene oxide/epichlorohydrin copolymer and nanowhiskers isolated from MCC were produced that display the maximum mechanical reinforcement predicted by the percolation model.
AB - The ability to produce polymer nanocomposites, which comprise a percolating, three-dimensional network of well-individualized nanofibers, is important to maximize the reinforcing effect of the nanofibers. While microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) has been previously shown to improve the mechanical properties of polymer composites, the formation of fibrous percolating networks within the nanocomposites has been stifled. Through the utilization of a template approach, nanocomposites based on an ethylene oxide/epichlorohydrin copolymer and nanowhiskers isolated from MCC were produced that display the maximum mechanical reinforcement predicted by the percolation model.
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U2 - 10.1021/bm8010903
DO - 10.1021/bm8010903
M3 - Article
C2 - 19256493
AN - SCOPUS:65249170040
SN - 1525-7797
VL - 10
SP - 712
EP - 716
JO - Biomacromolecules
JF - Biomacromolecules
IS - 4
ER -