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10-02-2017 | Original Paper

Chemically imaging the interaction of acetylated nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) with a polylactic acid (PLA) polymer matrix

Authors: Tapasi Mukherjee, Mark J. Tobin, Ljiljana Puskar, Marc-Antoine Sani, Nhol Kao, Rahul K. Gupta, Muthu Pannirselvam, Nurul Quazi, Sati Bhattacharya

Published in: Cellulose | Issue 4/2017

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The non-covalent interaction of acetylated nanocrystalline cellulose (AC-NCC) with polylactic acid (PLA) in a composite blend has been studied at the micron scale by synchrotron Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy. Microtomed sections of AC-NCC in PLA showed strong, localized carbonyl stretching (νC=O) absorbance characteristic of the cellulose acetylation, and this was observed on the surface of larger aggregated AC-NCC particles. A shift in the νC=O IR absorption peak of AC-NCC in PLA, relative to unblended AC-NCC was observed, which is indicative of an intermolecular interaction between AC-NCC and PLA matrix. Acetylation can therefore potentially improve the performance of the composite by enabling linkages between carbonyl groups, helping to establish a good stress transfer between the fiber and the matrix. This could in turn lead to a material with high yield elastic modulus. This is the first reported chemical imaging of acetylated nanocrystalline cellulose-based composite materials using synchrotron FTIR microspectroscopy.

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Title: Chemically imaging the interaction of acetylated nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) with a polylactic acid (PLA) polymer matrix
Authors: Tapasi Mukherjee
Mark J. Tobin
Ljiljana Puskar
Marc-Antoine Sani
Nhol Kao
Rahul K. Gupta
Muthu Pannirselvam
Nurul Quazi
Sati Bhattacharya
Publication date: 10-02-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cellulose / Issue 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0969-0239
Electronic ISSN: 1572-882X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1217-x

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