Preparation of 3‐pentadecylphenol‐modified cellulose nanocrystal and its application as a filler to polypropylene nanocomposites having improved antibacterial and mechanical properties

2021 ◽  
pp. 51848
Author(s):  
Huiseob Shin ◽  
Sangwan Kim ◽  
Jinseok Kim ◽  
Saerom Kong ◽  
Yonghoon Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal ◽  
Polypropylene Nanocomposites ◽  
Modified Cellulose

Experimental study on mechanical properties of polypropylene nanocomposites reinforced with a hybrid graphene/PP-g-MA/kenaf fiber by response surface methodology

2021 ◽  
pp. 009524432110153
Author(s):  
Jaber Mirzaei ◽  
Abdolhossein Fereidoon ◽  
Ahmad Ghasemi-Ghalebahman
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Response Surface Methodology ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Response Surface ◽  
Graphene Nanosheets ◽  
Hot Press ◽  
Kenaf Fiber ◽  
Polypropylene Nanocomposites ◽  
Kenaf Fibers ◽  
Internal Mixer

In this study, the mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP)-based nanocomposites reinforced with graphene nanosheets, kenaf fiber, and polypropylene-grafted maleic anhydride (PP-g-MA) were investigated. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on Box–Behnken design (BBD) was used as the experimental design. The blends fabricated in three levels of parameters include 0, 0.75, and 1.5 wt% graphene nanosheets, 0, 7.5, and 15 wt% kenaf fiber, and 0, 3, and 6 wt% PP-g-MA, prepared by an internal mixer and a hot press machine. The fiber length was 5 mm and was being constant for all samples. Tensile, flexural, and impact tests were conducted to determine the blend properties. The purpose of this research is to achieve the highest mechanical properties of the considered nanocomposite blend. The addition of graphene nanosheets to 1 wt% increased the tensile, flexural, and impact strengths by 16%, 24%, and 19%, respectively, and an addition up to 1.5 wt% reduced them. With further addition of graphene nanosheets until 1.5 wt%, the elastic modulus was increased by 70%. Adding the kenaf fiber up to 15 wt% increased the elastic modulus, tensile, flexural, and impact strength by 24%, 84%, 18%, and 11%, respectively. The addition of PP-g-MA has increased the adhesion, dispersion and compatibility of graphene nanosheets and kenaf fibers with matrix. With 6 wt% PP-g-MA, the tensile strength and elastic modulus were increased by 18% and 75%, respectively. The addition of PP-g-MA to 5 wt% increased the flexural and impact strengths by 10% and 5%, respectively. From the entire experimental data, the optimum values for elastic modulus, as well as, tensile, flexural, and impact strengths in the blends were obtained to be 4 GPa, 33.7896 MPa, 57.6306 MPa, and 100.1421 J/m, respectively. Finally, samples were studied by FE-SEM to check the dispersion of graphene nanosheets, PP-g-MA and kenaf fibers in the polymeric matrix.

The effect of hydration on the material and mechanical properties of cellulose nanocrystal-alginate composites

2018 ◽  
Vol 179 ◽  
pp. 186-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Smyth ◽  
Marie-Stella M’Bengue ◽  
Maxime Terrien ◽  
Catherine Picart ◽  
Julien Bras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal

Rheological and Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Poly(lactic acid)/Lignin-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystal Composites

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1711-1720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anju Gupta ◽  
William Simmons ◽  
Gregory T. Schueneman ◽  
Donald Hylton ◽  
Eric A. Mintz
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Lactic Acid ◽  
Cellulose Nanocrystal ◽  
Poly Lactic Acid

Facile fabrication of photoinduced superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic surfaces on cellulose substrate without strength loss

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (9) ◽  
pp. 1807-1822
Author(s):  
Yunjie Yin ◽  
Yanyan Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqian Ji ◽  
Tao Zhao ◽  
Chaoxia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Uv Irradiation ◽  
Uv Curing ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Curing Process ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Cellulose Substrate ◽  
Cellulose Substrates ◽  
Uv Curing Process ◽  
Modified Cellulose

A novel strategy was reported on the design and fabrication of functional photosensitive hybrid sols (FPHSs) by non-alcoholic emulsification in the presence of a TiO2 nanoparticle and photoinitiator via a sol-gel process using tetraethylorthosilicate, γ-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS) and hydrophobic silane coupling agents as precursors. Smart cellulose substrates with alterable superhydrophobic–superhydrophilic conversion were fabricated using FPHS via the ultraviolet (UV) curing process. The liquid FPHS was photocured into solid gel during UV irradiation for 40 s with MPSs in FPHS, which was verified via Fourier transform infrared spectra. The cellulose substrates were modified with FPHSs, and the water contact angles of the modified cellulose substrates were more than 150°. The superhydrophobicity was improved by the gathering of hydrophobic chains and particle deposition of hybrid gel on the fiber surface. Nevertheless, the water contact angles of the modified cellulose substrates were receded with UV irradiation from 158° to 0° in 200 min, due to TiO2 photoinduction. The irradiated cellulose substrates were placed in the dark, and the water contact angles were recovered to about 130°, gradually. What is more, the reversible process can be repeated more than eight times. The modified cellulose substrate presented excellent washing fastness, even suffering 10 times washing processing. The mechanical properties, including breaking strength and elongation rate, were improved after the coating and UV curing process, which considerably remedied the defects of the heating curing process on the mechanical properties.

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