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Microfibrillated cellulose with sizing for reinforcing composites with LDPE

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Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) fibers were acylated by the sizing agent, alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) reagent in an aqueous medium, by simple impregnation. The chemical modification was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and solid-state 13C NMR. All the samples were combined with low-density polyethylene and the morphology, thermal properties, mechanical properties and water absorption behavior of the ensuing composites were investigated. The chemical modification of the MFC with ASA improved the interfacial adhesion with the matrix and hence the mechanical properties of the composites while decreasing their water uptake capacity. In addition, it was shown that the degree of substitution strongly influenced the performance of the composites.

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The authors are thankful to Kruger Biomaterial Inc. (Trois-Rivières, Canada) for supplying MFC fibers as a raw material.

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  1. Laboratoire de chimie des substances naturelles, Université de Limoges, 123 Av. Albert Thomas, 87060, Limoges, France

    Amaury Lepetit & Rachida Zerrouki

  2. Centre de recherche sur les matériaux renouvelables, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5H7, Canada

    Amaury Lepetit & Daniel Montplaisir

  3. Kruger Biomaterials Inc, 3285 Bedford Road, Montréal, QC, H3S 1G5, Canada

    Richard Drolet & Balázs Tolnai

  4. SPCTS - UMR 7315, Université de Limoges, 12 rue Atlantis, 87068, Limoges, France

    Romain Lucas

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Lepetit, A., Drolet, R., Tolnai, B. et al. Microfibrillated cellulose with sizing for reinforcing composites with LDPE. Cellulose 24, 4303–4312 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1429-0

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