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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 295, Issue 1, Pages 79-83Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2005.07.074
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surface modification; cellulose; octadecanoyl chloride; dodecanoyl chloride; surface energy; hydrophobisation
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The surface chemical modification of microcrystalline cellulose and cellulose fibers obtained from different sugar cane bagasse pulping processes, viz. Kraft, organosolv ethanol/water and organosolv/supercritical carbon dioxide, were studied in heterogeneous conditions using modest amounts of octadecanoyl and dodecanoyl chloride. The ensuing surfaces acquired a non-polar character, suitable for incorporating these fibers as reinforcing agents in composite materials based on polymeric matrices. The success of these chemical modifications was assessed by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform (DRIFT) spectroscopy, elemental analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and contact angle measurements. In particular, the dynamic and equilibrium contact angle measurements, before and after the treatments, revealed that the value of the polar component (gamma(s)(P)) of the surface energy had decreased very considerably following the modification. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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