Mechanochemical preparation and properties of a cellulose–polyethylene composite

Farao Zhang; Wulin Qiu; Liqun Yang; Takashi Endo; Takahiro Hirotsu

doi:10.1039/B108255H

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Farao Zhang,^a Wulin Qiu,^a Liqun Yang,^a Takashi Endo^a and Takahiro Hirotsu*^a

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^a Institute for Marine Resources and Environment Research, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2217-14 Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Japan
E-mail: takahiro-hirotsu@aist.go.jp

Abstract

Ball milling of crystalline cellulose with maleated polyethylene (MPE) yields a novel composite with ester bonds formed by reaction of the hydroxy groups of the cellulose with the maleic anhydride groups of MPE; the composite exhibits much improved toughness and ductility compared with the product formed by melt-mixing, probably because of the formation of an interphase of MPE chains bonded on cellulose particles.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B108255H
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Sep 2001
Accepted: 02 Nov 2001
First published: 13 Nov 2001

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J. Mater. Chem., 2002,12, 24-26

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