Enhanced ductility and tensile properties of hybrid montmorillonite/cellulose nanowhiskers reinforced polylactic acid nanocomposites

• Main Authors: Arjmandi, Reza, Hassan, Azman, Eichhorn, Stephen J., Mohamad Haafiz, M. K., Zakaria, Zainoha, Tanjung, Faisal Amri
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55011/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8873-8

Montmorillonite (MMT)/cellulose nanowhiskers (CNW) reinforced polylactic acid (PLA) hybrid nanocomposites were prepared by solution casting. CNW were isolated from microcrystalline cellulose using a chemical swelling method. An initial study showed that the optimum MMT content, for mechanical proper...