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BIOMACROMOLECULES
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages 2667-2674Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bm400523h
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- FAPESP [2012/05184-0]
- FAPESP
- CNPq
- CAPES [707/2012]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [12/05184-0] Funding Source: FAPESP
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Natural rubber (NR) is a renewable polymer with a wide range of applications, which is constantly tailored, further increasing its utilizations. The tensile strength is one of its most important properties susceptible of being enhanced by the simple incorporation of nanofibers. The preparation and characterization of natural-rubber based nanocomposites reinforced with bacterial cellulose (BC) and bacterial cellulose coated with polystyrene (BCPS), yielded high performance materials. The nanocomposites were prepared by a simple and green process, and characterized by tensile tests, dynamical mechanical analysis (DMA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and swelling experiments. The effect of the nanofiber content on morphology, static, and dynamic mechanical properties was also investigated. The results showed an increase in the mechanical properties, such as Young's modulus and tensile strength, even with modest nanofiber loadings.
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