Sleeving nanocelluloses by admicellar polymerization.
This investigation reports the first application of admicellar polymerization to cellulose nanofibers in the form of bacterial cellulose, microfibrillated cellulose, and cellulose nanowhiskers using styrene and ethyl acrylate. The success of this physical sleeving was assessed by SEM, FTIR, and contact angle measurements, providing an original and simple approach to the modification of cellulose nanofibers in their pristine aqueous environment.
Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, UNESP, 14801-970 Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
Eliane
E
Trovatti
Adriane de Medeiros
Ade M
Ferreira
Antonio José Felix
AJ
Carvalho
Sidney José Lima
SJ
Ribeiro
Alessandro
A
Gandini
D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D008823:Micelles; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D036103:Nanotechnology; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers; D002482:Cellulose
Admicellar polymerization; Nanocellulose