A chemo-mechanical method was used to prepare cellulose nanofibrils dispersed uniformly in an organic solvent. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG 1000) was added to the matrix as a compatibilizer to improve the interfacial interaction between the hydrophobic poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and the hydrophilic cellulose nanofibrils. The composites obtained by solvent casting methods from N,N-Dimethylacetamide (...

Hydrophobins are natural surfactant proteins endowed with exceptional surface activity and film-forming capabilities and their use as effective "fluorine-free fluorosurfactants" has been recently reported. In order to increase their fluorophilicity further, here we report the preparation of a unique fluorous-modified hydrophobin, named F-HFBI. F-HFBI was found to be more effective than its wild...

Immıscible polymethyl methacrylate/polystyrene (PMMA/PS) mixtures with various maleic anhydride-styrene-methyl methacrylate (MAStMMA) compatibilizer ratio (0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10) % were obtained by solution casting. The spectral results showed that the optical constants such as refractive index (n), extinction coefficient (k) absorption increase increasing terpolymer ratio. On other hand, energy...

The effect of compatibilizer - ethylene-n-octene copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride(EOC-g-MAH) used in the amount 3 wt% on tensile and flexural properties impact strengthof bioPET addition 10 filler derived from organic waste (egg mollusc shells, coffeegrounds) was investigated. EOC-g-MAH slightly decreased strength, andmodulus elasticity, while significantly increasing strength (up to 426...