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All-cellulose nanocomposite fibers produced by melt spinning cellulose acetate butyrate and cellulose nanocrystals

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Bio-based continuous fibers were prepared by melt spinning cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and triethyl citrate. A CNC organo-gel dispersion technique was used and the prepared materials (2 and 10 wt% CNC) were melt spun using a twin-screw micro-compounder and drawn to a ratio of 1.5. The microscopy studies showed that the addition of CNC in CAB resulted in defect-free and smooth fiber surfaces. An addition of 10 wt% CNC enhanced the storage modulus and increased the tensile strength and Young’s modulus. Fiber drawing improved the mechanical properties further. In addition, a micromechanical model of the composite material was used to estimate the stiffness and showed that theoretical values were exceeded for the lower concentration of CNC but not reached for the higher concentration. In conclusion, this dispersion technique combined with melt spinning can be used to produce all-cellulose nanocomposites fibers and that both the increase in CNC volume fraction and the fiber drawing increased the mechanical performance.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Bio4Energy and VINNOVA for the financial support of this work as well as Domsjö Fabriker AB for the supplied materials.

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  1. Division of Materials Science, Composite Centre Sweden, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

    Saleh Hooshmand, Yvonne Aitomäki, Aji P. Mathew & Kristiina Oksman

  2. School of Engineering, University of Borås, Borås, Sweden

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Hooshmand, S., Aitomäki, Y., Skrifvars, M. et al. All-cellulose nanocomposite fibers produced by melt spinning cellulose acetate butyrate and cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose 21, 2665–2678 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-014-0269-4

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