Melt Processing of Ethylene‐Acrylic Acid Copolymer Composites Reinforced with Nanocellulose

Deformation and fracture mechanisms in nanocellulose reinforced composites

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Mindaugas Bulota Name of the doctoral dissertation Deformation and fracture mechanisms in nanocellulose reinforced composites Publisher School of Chemical Technology Unit Department of Forest Products Technology Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 109/2012 Field of research Wood Material Technolog...

Green nanocomposites of polylactic acid reinforced with isolated nanocellulose

Biopolymer nanocomposite films reinforced with nanocellulose whiskers.

A xylan nanocomposite film with improved strength and barrier properties was prepared by a solution casting using nanocellulose whiskers as a reinforcing agent. The 13C cross-polarization magic angle spinning (CP/MAS) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of the spectral data obtained for the NCW/xylan nanocomposite films indicated the signal intensity originating from xylan-cellulose inter...

New Polylactic Acid Composites Reinforced with Artichoke Fibers

In this work, artichoke fibers were used for the first time to prepare poly(lactic acid) (PLA)-based biocomposites. In particular, two PLA/artichoke composites with the same fiber loading (10% w/w) were prepared by the film-stacking method: the first one (UNID) reinforced with unidirectional long artichoke fibers, the second one (RANDOM) reinforced by randomly-oriented long artichoke fibers. Bo...

Processing and characterization of redmud reinforced polypropylene composites

In this work, the redmud reinforced polypropylene composites were fabricated by compression molding setup. The effects of the redmud content on the mechanical, melting and crystalline behavior of the composites was investigated. The melting and crystalline behavior of the composites were investigated using Digital Scanning Calorimeter. The test results show that hardness of the composites incre...