Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 4132-4143Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-017-1826-7
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation, CNCS-UEFISCDI [PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0173]
- project PRO-DD (POS-CCE) [O.2.2.1., 123, SMIS 2637, 11/2009]
- Transilvania University of Brasov
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The improvement of wood-plastic composites properties by additives and compatibilizers is a critical issue to produce value-added materials. High-density polyethylene-wood composites have been obtained through compression molding at 140 A degrees C, using two types of additives, namely methyltrioctylammonium bis (trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis (2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) phosphinate room temperature ionic liquids. The ionic liquids improve the interfacial adhesion between the wood and the polymer phases, contributing to an increased stability of the material to water action and to an improved impact resistance and tensile strength in comparison with the reference. Also, the FTIR spectroscopy tests have proven a higher resistance of the ionic liquid-containing composites to accelerated photooxidation. Preliminary screening tests have also proven the antifungal character of the ionic liquids used in this study against brown rot (Postia placenta). This study opens new insights in the domain of polymeric composite materials, through documenting the possibility of blending new types of chemically distinct materials, difficult to be achieved by traditional functionalization/derivatization routes.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available