Wood-Based Biocomposites: Mechanical Processing, Physical and Biological Properties
Key Engineering Materials 2016
Linda Vecbiškena, Laura Vikele, Linda Rozenberga, Inese Sable

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 chitosanmatrix biocomposite was investigated. The results showed that wood-based nanoparticles are promising constituents of polymer-matrix biocomposites.


Keywords
Cellulose, wood bark, nanoparticles, polymer-matrix biocomposites
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.674.26

Vecbiškena, L., Vikele, L., Rozenberga, L., Sable, I. Wood-Based Biocomposites: Mechanical Processing, Physical and Biological Properties. Key Engineering Materials, 2016, Vol.674, pp.26-30. ISSN 1662-9795. Available from: doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.674.26

Publication language
English (en)
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