Issue 24, 2014
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RSC Advances

Preparation and characteristics of cellulose nanowhisker reinforced acrylic foams synthesized by freeze-casting

Zhaoyang Xu,ab   Qining Sun,b   Fang Huang,b   Yunqiao Pu,b   Shaobo Panb  and  Arthur J. Ragauskas*b  

* Corresponding authors

a College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Jiangsu, P. R. China

b Institute of Paper Science and Technology, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
E-mail: art.ragauskas@ipst.gatech.edu
Tel: +1 4048949701

Abstract

Directional freeze-casting of acrylic latex with a cellulose nanowhisker (CNW) suspension was investigated as a novel technique for preparing an acrylic-based nanocomposite foam. Compared with the control acrylic foam, the nanocomposites showed significantly improved mechanical and thermal properties, which were mainly due to the oriented and continuous channel architectures and high functionality of CNWs.

Graphical abstract: Preparation and characteristics of cellulose nanowhisker reinforced acrylic foams synthesized by freeze-casting

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA47621A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Dec 2013
Accepted
12 Feb 2014
First published
27 Feb 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 12148-12153

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Preparation and characteristics of cellulose nanowhisker reinforced acrylic foams synthesized by freeze-casting

Z. Xu, Q. Sun, F. Huang, Y. Pu, S. Pan and A. J. Ragauskas, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 12148 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA47621A

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