Wood-Based Biocomposites: Mechanical Processing, Physical and Biological Properties

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Wood-based nanoparticles fabricated by different optimized methods – acid hydrolysis, thermocatalytic destruction and TEMPO catalysed oxidation – show the potential to improve the physical-mechanical and biological properties of polymer-matrix biocomposites. In this work, the influence of obtained nanoparticles on physical-mechanical and biological properties of chitosan-matrix biocomposite was investigated. The results showed that wood-based nanoparticles are promising constituents of polymer-matrix biocomposites.

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