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MACROMOLECULAR REACTION ENGINEERING
卷 16, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/mren.202100051
关键词
carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals; cellulose nanocrystals; latex; nanocomposites; pressure-sensitive adhesives
资金
- MITACS Accelerate program
- NSERC CGS-D Scholarship
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are a green alternative for producing polymer nanocomposites, providing significant matrix reinforcement. Films made with carboxylated CNCs (cCNCs) display higher peel strength, tack, and shear strength. Interestingly, omitting ultrasonication preserves cCNC-cCNC interactions, allowing them to behave like nanofibers and exhibit greater mechanical enhancements.
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are becoming a popular option when producing polymer nanocomposites because they are a green alternative to petroleum-based performance enhancers and provide significant matrix reinforcement at low loadings. DextraCel is a commercial grade CNC with carboxylate surface groups that can be dispersed in water without sonication. These carboxylated CNCs (cCNCs) can be incorporated in situ via seeded semi-batch emulsion polymerization to produce latexes for adhesive applications. The resulting nanocomposite films exhibit 26x higher peel strength, 4.5x higher tack, and 7.7x higher shear strength relative to base case films. Curiously, adhesives produced from latexes containing cCNCs that do not undergo ultrasonication display greater adhesive property improvements relative to films produced with cCNCs that are ultrasonicated. Atomic force microscopy images reveal that cCNCs have stronger self interactions than their sulfated CNCs counterparts; cCNCs display side-by-side and end-to-end association in films when they are not ultrasonicated, which increases their apparent aspect ratio-an important characteristic attributed to matrix reinforcement. Omitting ultrasonication preserves cCNC-cCNC interactions that cause them to behave like nanofibers rather than discrete nanocrystals; this allows them to display greater mechanical enhancements, similar to reinforcements provided by nanofibrils, without the technical challenges associated with producing composite latexes with nanofibrils.
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