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Enhancement effect of acylated cellulose nanocrystals on waterborne polyurethane

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In this work, A new composite material composed of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and waterborne polyurethane (WPU) was prepared. The thermal stability and mechanical properties of composites were studied. Compared with composites with CNCs without acylation treatment, the composites with modified CNCs by acylation reagents exhibited better thermal stability and mechanical properties. In addition, CNCs modified by butyric anhydride in composites demonstrated excellent mechanical properties. When 1.00% of CNCs modified by butyric anhydride were added to WPU, the fracture stress of the resulting composite material reached 52.15 MPa, which was 1262% higher than that of WPU (3.81 MPa), and 157% higher than that of the composite 1% CNCs without acylation treatment (20.31 MPa). This preparation of CNCs-WPU composites with better performance on thermal and mechanical properties provides guidelines for further improving the application of WPU.

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Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the Guangxi Key Research and Development Project (Guike AB19110035) and the Key Technology Research, the Opening Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Green Processing of Sugar Resources (No.GXTZY201909), and the Development and Application Demonstration Project (Guike AA17204092) on low color and low turbidity sugar production based on membrane filtration.

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    Yunfei Zhang, Lu Luo, Kai Li & Jianbin Li

  2. Huizhou Research Institute of Sun Yat-Sen University, Huizhou, 510640, China

    Xilun Wang

  3. The Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Sugar Industry, Nanning, 530004, China

    Kai Li & Jianbin Li

  4. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Green Processing of Sugar Resources, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University of Science and Technology, Liuzhou, 545006, China

    Yongchun Huang

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Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Luo, L. et al. Enhancement effect of acylated cellulose nanocrystals on waterborne polyurethane. J Polym Res 29, 347 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-022-02996-6

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