Rheology, thermal properties, and foaming behavior of high d-content polylactic acid/cellulose nanofiber composites

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (111) ◽  
pp. 91544-91557 ◽  
Author(s):  
WeiDan Ding ◽  
Takashi Kuboki ◽  
Anson Wong ◽  
Chul B. Park ◽  
Mohini Sain
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Polylactic Acid ◽  
Crystallization Kinetics ◽  
Cellulose Nanofibers ◽  
Cellulose Nanofiber ◽  
Nucleating Agents ◽  
Foam Structure ◽  
Melt Strength ◽  
Foaming Behavior

Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) substantially improved the foam structure of a high d-content PLA by enhancing its melt strength and crystallization kinetics and serving as effective heterogeneous cell-nucleating agents.

Effect of Arenga Pinnata “Ijuk” Fiber as Nucleating Agent on Crystallization Kinetics of Impact Polypropylene Copolymer

2018 ◽  
Vol 923 ◽  
pp. 56-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mochamad Chalid ◽  
Evana Yuanita ◽  
Ghiska Ramahdita ◽  
Jaka Fajar Fatriansyah
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Growth ◽  
Crystallization Kinetics ◽  
Nucleating Agent ◽  
Avrami Equation ◽  
Nucleating Agents ◽  
Impact Polypropylene Copolymer ◽  
Kinetics Of

Impact Polypropylene Copolymer (IPC) is one of the PP type which is widely used. IPC was made with addition of ethylene in PP which decreases PP crystallinity. Many efforts have been made to improve the properties of PP crystallinity by addition of nucleating agents. In this study, we use Arenga Pinnata “Ijuk” fiber as PP nucleating agent. In order to determine the effect of “Ijuk” fiber as nucleating agents in kinetics aspect, we used DSC measurement based on Avrami equation. The results showed that the addition of ijuk decreases crystallizationhalf timeand dimension of crystal growth which indicate the effects of “Ijuk” fiber as a nucleating agent.

Fiber Orientation Control by Stretching in Cellulose Nanofiber Green Composites

2017 ◽  
Vol 754 ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Takagi ◽  
Antonio Norio Nakagaito ◽  
Yuya Sakaguchi
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Orientation ◽  
Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Glass Fibers ◽  
Cellulose Nanofibers ◽  
Polymeric Composite ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Cellulose Nanofiber ◽  
Poly Vinyl Alcohol ◽  
Nanofiber Alignment

The presence of nanoscale cellulosic fiber; namely cellulose nanofiber, increases year by year because the mechanical and physical properties are believed to be comparable to those of common glass fibers. On the other hand, most of the reported strength data for the cellulose nanofiber-reinforced polymeric composite materials was not as high as expected. In order to obtain high-strength cellulose nanofiber-reinforced polymer composites, we tried to optimize the fiber orientation of cellulose nanofibers in poly (vinyl alcohol)-based polymer matrix by using a repeated mechanical stretching treatment. The fiber orientation of cellulose nanofibers in the poly (vinyl alcohol) matrix can be modified by changing the total amount of stretching strain applied during the multiple stretching treatments. The degree of fiber alignment was directly evaluated by observing the cellulose nanofibers on the sample surface with a digital microscope. The efficacy of proposed nanofiber alignment control has been explored experimentally and theoretically. The tensile strength and modulus of the cellulosic nanocomposites after applying the multiple stretching treatments increased by approximately 80% and 40% respectively, as compared with those of the untreated nanocomposites.

Development of green nanocomposites reinforced by cellulose nanofibers extracted from paper sludge

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 1540025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitoshi Takagi ◽  
Antonio N. Nakagaito ◽  
Kazuya Kusaka ◽  
Yuya Muneta
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Composite Materials ◽  
Mechanical Treatment ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Cellulose Nanofibers ◽  
Tensile Tests ◽  
Cellulose Nanofiber ◽  
Paper Sludge ◽  
Reinforcing Effect ◽  
Mechanical And Physical Properties

Cellulose nanofibers have been showing much greater potential to enhance the mechanical and physical properties of polymer-based composite materials. The purpose of this study is to extract the cellulose nanofibers from waste bio-resources; such as waste newspaper and paper sludge. The cellulosic raw materials were treated chemically and physically in order to extract individualized cellulose nanofiber. The combination of acid hydrolysis and following mechanical treatment resulted in the extraction of cellulose nanofibers having diameter of about 40 nm. In order to examine the reinforcing effect of the extracted cellulose nanofibers, fully biodegradable green nanocomposites were fabricated by composing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin with the extracted cellulose nanofibers, and then the tensile tests were conducted. The results showed that the enhancement in mechanical properties was successfully obtained in the cellulose nanofiber/PVA green nanocomposites.

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