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SUBMITTER: Redondo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960881 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Polymers 20191120 12
The fabrication of nanocomposite films and fibers based on cellulose nanocrystals (P-tCNCs) and a thermoplastic polyurethane (PU) elastomer is reported. High-aspect-ratio P-tCNCs were isolated from tunicates using phosphoric acid hydrolysis, which is a process that affords nanocrystals displaying high thermal stability. Nanocomposites were produced by solvent casting (films) or melt-mixing in a twin-screw extruder and subsequent melt-spinning (fibers). The processing protocols were found to affe ...[more]