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Mechanical Techniques for Enhanced Dispersion of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Polymer Matrices

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Cellulose nanocrystals extracted from different biomass resources have a great potential as a reinforcing agent in nanocomposite materials owing to the excellent mechanical properties and environmental sustainability. The superior properties of cellulose nanocrystals in the different polymer matrix is stifled by the non-uniform dispersion through the polymer matrix. The main approaches for the production of cellulose nanocrystals materials are improving the dispersion quality of cellulose nanocrystals in the polymer matrix with different hydrophilicities. The application of different chemical-oriented surface modification methods has been extensively reported. However, still, the need for developing new manufacturing process capable of scaling up has motivated the academia to find out innovative mechanical techniques. In this chapter, the discussion is focused on the advances of the emerging ideas about nanocellulose materials manufacturing process with a main focus on the mechanical properties of the final product.

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This work is based upon works supported by the National Science Foundation, ND EPSCoR under grant No. 11A1355466.

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    Jamileh Shojaeiarani & Dilpreet S. Bajwa

  2. Department of sciences, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, New Town, ND, 58763, USA

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Shojaeiarani, J., Bajwa, D.S., Hartman, K. (2019). Mechanical Techniques for Enhanced Dispersion of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Polymer Matrices. In: Inamuddin, Thomas, S., Kumar Mishra, R., Asiri, A. (eds) Sustainable Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05399-4_16

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