Title: MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION OF BACTERIAL CELLULOSE-STARCH NANOCOMPOSITES
Page Range: p.181-185
Author(s): Grande C J; Torres F G; Gomez C M; Troncoso O P; Canet-Ferrer J; Martinez-Pastor J
File size:
Download the pdf (subscribers only)
Buy the pdf (non-subscribers)
Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
Issue Year: ppc
Volume: 16
Issue No: No.3
Abstract
The preparation of bacterial cellulose-starch nanocomposites using modified Acetobacter sp. growing medium via a bottom-up technique that allows starch to be introduced into the cellulose network is described. The morphological properties of hot-pressed sheets of the nanocomposites were investigated by ESEM and AFM with data processing by image analysis, and the results are discussed in terms of network properties, such as mesh size and fibre orientation, and the analysis of fracture surfaces. 12 refs.
Related reading
More journal reading and science coverage connected to this topic.
Mechanical properties of glass bead-modified polymer composite
Title: Mechanical properties of glass bead-modified polymer composite Page Range: p.35-44 Author(s): Tsung-Han Hsieh; Ming-Yuan Shen; Yau-Shian Huang; Qi-Qian He; Hsuan-Chih Chen File size:…
The effect of MBS toughening for mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites under environmental ageing
Title: The effect of MBS toughening for mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites under environmental ageing Page Range: p.45-58 Author(s): Chin-Hsing Chen; Chin-Lung Chiang; Wei-Jen…
Characterization and properties of graphene nanoplatelets/XNBR nanocomposites
Title: Characterization and properties of graphene nanoplatelets/XNBR nanocomposites Page Range: p.59-68 Author(s): Chen-Feng Kuan; Chin-Lung Chiang; Su-Hsia Lin; Wei-Guo Huang; Wen-Yen Hsieh; Ming-Yuan Shen…