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Direct measurement of surface adhesion between thin films of nanocellulose and urea–formaldehyde resin adhesives

Authors: Eko Setio Wibowo, Byung-Dae Park

Published in: Cellulose | Issue 13/2021

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When applying an adhesive to wood, the chemical heterogeneity of the wood cell walls makes it difficult to understand the contribution they make to the interfacial adhesion between the adhesive and the wood as the adhesion is a very complex physical and chemical phenomenon. This study, for the first time, directly measured the surface adhesion between cellulose, a major component of wood, and urea–formaldehyde (UF) resin adhesives. The adhesion between thin, smooth nanocellulose films, such as cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), carboxymethylated nanofibrils (CM)–CNFs, and carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals (C–CNCs), and UF resins with two formaldehyde to urea (F/U) molar ratios of 1.0 and 1.6 was measured using two approaches: (1) direct measurement of the adhesion force between nanocellulose films and liquid droplets of the UF resins, and (2) calculation of the work of adhesion between films of the nanocelluloses and UF resins using the contact angle and the van Oss–Chaudhury–Good method. The results show that the total surface free energies, either between the different nanocelluloses or between the two UF resins are somewhat similar, indicating the similarity in their surface properties. However, the adhesion force and work of adhesion of 1.6 UF resins with different types of nanocellulose are higher than those of 1.0 UF resins, which shows that van der Waals forces are dominant in their molecular interactions. These results suggest that the adhesion between 1.6 UF resins and nanocellulose is stronger than that when 1.0 UF resins are used because the 1.6 UF resins have a more branched structure, smoother surface, and higher surface free energy.

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Title: Direct measurement of surface adhesion between thin films of nanocellulose and urea–formaldehyde resin adhesives
Authors: Eko Setio Wibowo
Byung-Dae Park
Publication date: 21-07-2021
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Cellulose / Issue 13/2021
Print ISSN: 0969-0239
Electronic ISSN: 1572-882X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-04088-y

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