(Ultra-)low grammage bacterial cellulose nanopaper-reinforced polylactide composite laminates

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2018-06
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Hervy, Martin  
Bock, Frederic E.  
Lee, Koon-Yang  
Institut
Kunststoffe und Verbundwerkstoffe M-11  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/5411
Citation
European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM: (2018-06)
Contribution to Conference
ECCM 2018 - 18th European Conference on Composite Materials  
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85084160211
One of the rate-limiting steps in the large-scale production of cellulose nanopaper-reinforced polymer composites is the time consuming dewatering step to produce the reinforcing cellulose nanopapers. In this work, we present a method to reduce the dewatering time of bacterial cellulose (BC)-in-water suspension by reducing the grammage of BC nanopaper to be produced. The influence of BC nanopaper grammage on the tensile properties of BC nanopaper-reinforced polylactide (PLLA) composites is also investigated in this work. BC nanopaper with grammages of 5, 10, 25 and 50 g m-2 were produced and it was found that reducing the grammage of BC nanopaper from 50 g m-2 to 5 g m-2 led to a three-fold reduction in the dewatering time of BC-in-water suspension. The porosity of the BC nanopapers, however, increased with decreasing BC nanopaper grammage. While the tensile properties of BC nanopapers were found to decrease with decreasing BC nanopaper grammage, no significant difference in the reinforcing ability of BC nanopaper with different grammages for PLLA was observed. PLLA composite laminates reinforced with BC nanopaper at different grammages possessed a tensile modulus of 10.5-11.8 GPa and tensile strength of 95-111 MPa, respectively, at a = 39-53 vol.-%, independent of the grammage and tensile properties of the reinforcing BC nanopaper(s).
Subjects
Bacterial cellulose
Grammage
Mechanical proeprties
Nanopaper
Paper-base lamiantes