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Cellulose nanocrystals reinforced environmentally-friendly waterborne polyurethane nanocomposites
(Elsevier, 2016-10)
Focusing on eco-friendly materials, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) have gained attention as nanoreinforcement due to their exceptional properties conferred by the elevated length/diameter aspect ratio and high specific ...
Azopolymer film as an actuator for organizing multiwall carbon nanotubes
(Elsevier, 2017-01-25)
In this work we show the feasibility of using an azopolymer as an actuator to induce nano- and
microscale movements controlled with light from the far field. We study azopolymers and their interaction
with multi-walled ...
Effect of CdSe nanoparticle addition on nanostructuring of PS-b-P4VP copolymer via solvent vapour exposure
(Elsevier, 2013-10-28)
The surface morphology of poly(styrene-b-4 vinyl pyridine) (PS-b-P4VP) diblock copolymer thin films
after solvent vapor annealing has been studied. Morphological features can be switched upon exposure
to vapors of a ...
Flexible polyurethane foams based on 100% renewably sourced polyols
(Elsevier, 2014-10-5)
Since polyol is one of the major components in polyurethane foam synthesis, introducing renewably
sourced polyols in the foam formulation leads to materials with high renewable carbon content. A series of
flexible ...
Effect of different hemicelluloses characteristics on film forming properties
(Elsevier, 2013)
Hemicelluloses are known to have good gas barrier properties makes them of interest to film applications.
Corn cob, cotton waste, olive, apple tree pruning, pepper and chilli wastes were used as hemicelluloses
sources ...
Generation of nanocomposites based on (PMMA-b-PCL)-grafted Fe2O3 nanoparticles and PS-b-PCL block copolymer
(Elsevier, 2014-07-14)
The aim of this work is to obtain a good dispersion of Fe2O3 magnetic nanoparticles into a PS-b-PCL diblock copolymer. For this purpose nanoparticles have been modified in their surface by grafting a PMMA-b-PCL block ...
Corncob arabinoxylan for new materials
(Elsevier, 2014-02)
[EN]tCorncob agricultural waste was used as a source of arabinoxylan for preparation of films. Three ara-binoxylan samples were prepared: crude extract (CCAX), purified by a washing step, and purified bybleaching CCAX. ...
Generation of nanocomposites based on polystyrene grafted CdSe nanoparticles by grafting through and block copolymer
(Springer Nature, 2013-02-23)
Continuing with our previous work, in which CdSe nanoparticles were functionalized with polystyrene (PS) brushes (CdSe-PS) by grafting through method, nanocomposites were prepared by adding them to a poly (styrene-b-buta ...
Enhanced stability of photo-induced anisotropy due to intermolecular interactions in an azo-prepolymer confined in block copolymer
(Elsevier, 2013-02-08)
Many efforts in the field of azobenzene-containing polymers are concentrated on exploring new material concepts to obtain efficient and stable photo-induced anisotropy. Here, an easy approach to improve the birefringent ...
Thermally-responsive biopolyurethanes from a biobased diisocyanate
(Elsevier, 2015-09)
In this work, segmented biopolyurethanes with thermally-activated shape-memory properties were synthesized and characterized. All the employed starting materials were derived from renewable sources. The macrodiol, which ...