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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 137, Issue -, Pages 693-700Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2015.11.035
Keywords
Cellulose; Suspension; Electrorheological; Electric field
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- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [LRGS/TD/2012/USM-UKM/PT/04, ERGS/1/2012 /STG05/UKM/01/4]
- Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia
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Cellulose carbamate (CC) was produced from kenaf core pulp (KCP) via a microwave reactor-assisted method. The formation of CC was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and nitrogen content analysis. The degree of substitution, zeta potential and size distribution of CC were also determined. The CC was characterized with scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry analysis. The CC particles were then dispersed in silicone oil to prepare CC-based anhydrous electric stimuli-responsive electrorheological (ER) fluids. Rhelogical measurement was carried out using rotational rheometer with a high voltage generator in both steady and oscillatory shear modes to examine the effect of electric field strength on the ER characteristics. The results showed that the increase in electric field strength has enhanced the ER properties of CC-based ER fluid due to the chain formation induced by electric polarization among the particles. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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