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Facile Fabrication of Cellulosic Paper-based Composites with Temperature-controlled Hydrophobicity and Excellent Mechanical Strength
Received:January 08, 2020    Click here to download the full text
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Yun Tongtong School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
Wang Yilin School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
Lu Jie School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
Cheng Yi School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
Lyu Yanna School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
Wang Haisong School of Light Industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116034, China 
 
Abstract:In this paper, we presented a novel strategy to employ a plant-derived carbohydrate polymer, i. e., cellulose, to prepare a hydrophobic composite. Cellulose was used as a scaffold, and ethylene-propylene side by side (ES) fiber was thermally melted and then coated on the cellulose surface to achieve hydrophobicity. Experimental results revealed that the thermo-coating ES fibers greatly increased the water contact angle of the cellulose scaffold from 25° to 153° while simultaneously enhanced the wet tensile strength of the composite approximately 6.7-fold (drying temperature of 170℃) compared with the pure cellulose paper. In particular, compared with other related research, the prepared cellulose-based composite possessed excellent hydrophobicity and superior mechanical strength, which introduces a new chemical engineering approach to prepare hydrophobic cellulose-based functional materials.
keywords:cellulose  ES fiber  paper-based composites  hydrophobicity  mechanical strength
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