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Interfaces in Cross-Linked and Grafted Bacterial Cellulose/Poly(Lactic Acid) Resin Composites

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This article presents approaches to maximize the mechanical performance of bacterial cellulose/poly(lactic acid) composites through chemical modification of the interface. This is achieved by both cross-linking the layered bacterial cellulose structure and by grafting maleic anhydride to the matrix material. Unmodified and glyoxalized bacterial cellulose (BC) networks have been embedded in poly(lactic acid) (PLA) resin and then in maleated resin using a compression molding method. The effect of these chemical modifications on the physical properties of these composites is reported. The tensile properties of the composites showed that Young’s moduli can be increased significantly when both BC networks and PLA were chemically modified. Interface consolidation between layers in BC networks has been achieved by glyoxalization. The effect of these modifications on both stress-transfer between the fibers and between the matrix and the fibers was quantified using Raman spectroscopy. Two competitive deformation mechanisms are identified; namely the mobility between BC layers, and between BC and PLA. The coupling strength of these interfaces could play a key role for optimization of these composites’ mechanical properties.

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Acknowledgments

Two authors (FQ and SJE) would like to thank the EPSRC for funding a PhD studentship (to FQ) under Grant GR/F028946.

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  1. School of Materials, Materials Science Centre, University of Manchester, Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

    Franck Quero & Stephen J. Eichhorn

  2. The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan

    Masaya Nogi

  3. Research Institute for the Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-011, Japan

    Hiroyuki Yano

  4. Polymer and Composites Engineering (PaCE) Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

    Koon-Yang Lee & Alexander Bismarck

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Quero, F., Eichhorn, S.J., Nogi, M. et al. Interfaces in Cross-Linked and Grafted Bacterial Cellulose/Poly(Lactic Acid) Resin Composites. J Polym Environ 20, 916–925 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-012-0487-5

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