title: Enhancement of lignocellulose-carbon nanotubes composites by lignocellulose grafting.
abstract: Lignocellulose (LNC) multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) composites were synthesized by covalently grafting a natural polymer, lignocellulose, onto MWCNTs in an ionic liquid, 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl). Furthermore, the grafting of LNC facilitated the dispersion of the MWCNTs in AmimCl and MWCNTs/LNC films. The elongation at break and tensile strength of grafted-MWCNTs/LNC films with 3wt% of MWCNTs content were 12.2% and 106.7MPa respectively, which was almost 93.7% and 10.7% higher than those of the pristine MWCNTs/LNC films. This finding clearly revealed that the mechanical properties of grafted-MWCNTs/LNC films were dramatically superior to those of the MWCNTs/LNC films.
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China. Electronic address: jintian_h@163.com.
authors.forename: Jintian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Shaobo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Feiran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Zhiqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Liping
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Yefei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.
authors.forename: Tongcheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013718:Tensile Strength
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; C036909:lignocellulose; D008031:Lignin
keywords: Carbon nanotubes-lignocellulose composites; Carbon nanotubes/lignocellulose films; Dispersibility; Grafting; Mechanical property