Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanofiller on the Structure and Sorption Properties of Carboxymethyl Cellulose–Glycerol–Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanocomposite Systems
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation
2.3. Methods
2.3.1. Infrared Spectroscopy
2.3.2. X-Ray Diffraction
2.3.3. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
2.3.4. Water Vapor Sorption
2.3.5. Water Uptake
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Infrared Spectroscopy
3.2. X-Ray Diffraction
3.3. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
3.4. Water Vapor Sorption Properties
3.5. Water Uptake
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Codes | Composition | ||
---|---|---|---|
CMC | CNC | G (⁂) | |
CMC-G | 100 | - | 30 |
CNC | - | 100 | - |
CMC-CNC 5 | 95 | 5 | 30 |
CMC-CNC 10 | 90 | 10 | 30 |
CMC-CNC 15 | 85 | 15 | 30 |
Codes | CNC | CMC-CNC 15 | CMC-CNC 10 | CMC-CNC 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cr.I % | 73.3 | 44.8 | 38.0 | 28.9 |
τ200 | 4.02 ± 0.01 | 5.20 ± 0.02 | 5.33 ± 0.01 | 5.39 ± 0.02 |
d200 | 0.387 | 0.388 | 0.388 | 0.390 |
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Popescu, M.-C.; Dogaru, B.-I.; Popescu, C.-M. Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanofiller on the Structure and Sorption Properties of Carboxymethyl Cellulose–Glycerol–Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanocomposite Systems. Materials 2020, 13, 2900. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13132900
Popescu M-C, Dogaru B-I, Popescu C-M. Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanofiller on the Structure and Sorption Properties of Carboxymethyl Cellulose–Glycerol–Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanocomposite Systems. Materials. 2020; 13(13):2900. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13132900
Chicago/Turabian StylePopescu, Maria-Cristina, Bianca-Ioana Dogaru, and Carmen-Mihaela Popescu. 2020. "Effect of Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanofiller on the Structure and Sorption Properties of Carboxymethyl Cellulose–Glycerol–Cellulose Nanocrystals Nanocomposite Systems" Materials 13, no. 13: 2900. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13132900