A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Polymer Matrix-Mediated Stress Transfer in a Cellulose Nanocomposite

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02305
• Publication Date: 2021-03-19T17:13:10Z
• Authors: Anna Peterson; Aleksandar Y. Meh...; Leo Svenningsson; Agnieszka Ziolkowska; Roland Kádár; Anja Lund; Linda Sandblad; Lars Evenäs; Giada Lo Re; Igor Zozoulenko; Christian Müller
• Keywords: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; Biophysics; Polymer Matrix-Mediated Stress Transfer; interaction; 02 engineering and technology; Experimental Study; ionomer matrix; Cellulose Nanocomposite; Polymerkemi; cellulose nanocrystals; Polymer Technologies; Pharmacology; Evolutionary Biology; Ecology; sodium acrylate; Molecular dynamics simulations; CNC; Polymerteknologi; Polymer Chemistry; uniaxial alignment; Mental Health; Infectious Diseases; study composites; Medicine; melt-spun composites; 0210 nano-technology; Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified; stress transfer; Biotechnology

We study composites of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) in an ionomer matrix of poly(ethylene-stat-sodium acrylate) and find that direct cellulose/cellulose interactions in the composite are not a req...