Melt processable cellulose fibres engineered for replacing oil-based thermoplastics

Melt - Processable Polypeptide / Ionomer Molecular Composites

Introduction. Since Helminiak et al.' and Takayanagi2 first proposed the concept of a molecular composite, considerable remarch has been directed a t developing these materiale.3 Conceptually, molecular compitea are mixtures of a rigid rod polymer homogeneously dispersed in a flexible coil polymer matrix, thus providing fiber reinforcement at a molecular level. In practice, however, miscible bl...

Melt-Processable Syndiotactic Polystyrene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Monoalkyland dialkyl-imidazolium surfactants were used to prepare organically modified montmorillonites with markedly improved thermal stability in comparison with their alkyl-ammonium equivalents (the decomposition temperatures increased by ca. 100 °C). Such an increase in the thermal stability affords the opportunity to form syndiotactic polystyrene (s-PS)/imidazolium-montmorillonite nanocomp...

Melt Spinning, Functionalization and Durability of Polyetheretherketone-Based Fibres

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Oil Palm Biomass Fibres and Recent Advancement in Oil Palm Biomass Fibres Based Hybrid Biocomposites

The Sorption Behaviour of Cellulose Fibres

Cellulose fibres are the most important materials in textile finishing. Reactivity and adsorption properties of the fibres are critical for the success of the treatment. Of major interest are the properties of fibres swollen in polar liquids. Under this circumstances the less ordered regions determine the fibre properties and therefore the void size and accessible amorphous regions are supposed...