Improvement of the strength of poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels by the incorporation of functionally modified nanocrystalline Cellulose
Md. Amzad Hossain, Chanchal Kumar Roy, Stephen Don Sarkar, Hridoy Roy, A. Hasan Howlader, Shakhawat H. Firoz
Abstract
Incorporation of dicarboxylate nanocrystalline cellulose (DCNC) and dialdehyde nanocrystalline cellulose (DANC) into poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) hydrogel remarkably improved the mechanical performance.
Topics & Concepts
Nanocrystalline materialCelluloseAcrylic acidSelf-healing hydrogelsMaterials sciencePolymer chemistryChemical engineeringPolymer scienceComposite materialChemistryOrganic chemistryPolymerNanotechnologyCopolymerEngineeringAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesPolysaccharides and Plant Cell WallsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications