Reinforcing mechanical, water absorption and barrier properties of poly(lactic acid) composites with kenaf-derived cellulose of thermally-grafted aminosilane

• Main Authors: Tee, Y. B., A. Talib, Rosnita, Abdan, Khalina, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Kadir Basha, Roseliza, Md. Yunos, Khairul Faezah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46120/1/Reinforcing%20mechanical%2C%20water%20absorption%20and%20barrier%20properties%20of%20poly%28lactic%20acid%29%20composites%20with%20kenaf-derived%20cellulose%20of%20thermally-grafted%20aminosilane.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46120/; https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20153366461
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The effects of filling poly(lactic acid) (PLA) composites with cellulose thermally-grafted with hydrolysed 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APS) were investigated. Composites containing 30 wt% of kenaf-derived cellulose (C) and silane-grafted cellulose (SGC) were melt-blended into a PLA matrix before b...