Nonflocculating and Chiral-Nematic Self-ordering of Cellulose Microcrystals Suspensions in Nonpolar Solvents

By L. Heux, A. Chauve, C. Bonini. 2000

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Plant Science

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Surface grafting of microfibrillated cellulose with poly(e-caprolactone) - Synthesis and characterization (2008, background): “Stable dispersion of nanofiber in nonpolar media can be accomplished by the addition of surfactants, [ 7 ,8] or by chemical modification of the fiber surface [9].”
Nanocomposites of poly(lactic acid) reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils (2010, background): “The spectrum of (b) demonstrates that characteristic peaks of PLA correspond to the PLA molecular structure (Lalla and Chugh, 1990; Agarwal et al. 1998; Miyata and Masuko, 1998; Park et al. 1999).”
Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals (2007, methodology): “Two methods are usually used to improve the dispersibility of CNC: the addition of surfactants [10] and modification by surface grafting [11,12].”
Advances in cellulose nanomaterials (2018, methodology): “The use of anionic (Heux et al. 2000) or non-ionic molecules (Hu et al.”
Manufacturing process of cellulose whiskers/polylactic acid nanocomposites (2006, background): “Another recent approach is the mixing of surfactants with cellulose whiskers in aqueous suspensions, followed by freeze–drying and redispersing in organic solvents [18].”
State of the Art Manufacturing and Engineering of Nanocellulose: A Review of Available Data and Industrial Applications (2013, methodology): “Many other non-polar reinforced polymer nanocomposites were developed with CN dispersed in adequate organic medium using surfactants [142,177] or organic solvents [178-181].”