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Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method

Dried hybrid fillers comprised of silica/CNF were successfully synthesized in ethanol/water mixed solvents at room temperature without the usage of any precursor. The as-prepared fillers were incorporated with polypropylene (PP) as a polymer matrix through a twin-screw extruder. From surface morphol...

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Main Authors: Mustapha, Safarul, Lease, Jacqueline, Eksiler, Kubra, Sim, Siew Teng, Ariffin, Hidayah, Andou, Yoshito
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Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101458/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1014582023-06-17T23:07:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101458/ Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method Mustapha, Safarul Lease, Jacqueline Eksiler, Kubra Sim, Siew Teng Ariffin, Hidayah Andou, Yoshito Dried hybrid fillers comprised of silica/CNF were successfully synthesized in ethanol/water mixed solvents at room temperature without the usage of any precursor. The as-prepared fillers were incorporated with polypropylene (PP) as a polymer matrix through a twin-screw extruder. From surface morphology analysis, the agglomeration of the silica/CNF hybrid fillers was prevented in the PP matrix and they exhibited moderate transparency, around 17.9% and 44.6% T at 660 nm. Further, the chemical structures of the polymer composites were identified by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis. According to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the insertion of silica as a co-filler to the PP matrix resulted in an increase in its degradation onset temperature and also thermal stability. In addition, the mechanical properties of the PP composites also increased after the blending process with the hybrid fillers. Overall, sample PP-SS/CNF exhibited the highest tensile strength, which was 36.8 MPa, or around 73.55% compared to the pristine PP. The improvements in tensile strength were attributed to good dispersion and enhanced efficiency of the stress transfer mechanism between the silica and the cellulose within the PP matrix. However, elongation of the sample was reduced sharply due to the stiffening effect of the filler. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022-04-18 Article PeerReviewed Mustapha, Safarul and Lease, Jacqueline and Eksiler, Kubra and Sim, Siew Teng and Ariffin, Hidayah and Andou, Yoshito (2022) Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method. Polymers, 14 (8). art. no. 1630. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2073-4360 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/8/1630 10.3390/polym14081630
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description Dried hybrid fillers comprised of silica/CNF were successfully synthesized in ethanol/water mixed solvents at room temperature without the usage of any precursor. The as-prepared fillers were incorporated with polypropylene (PP) as a polymer matrix through a twin-screw extruder. From surface morphology analysis, the agglomeration of the silica/CNF hybrid fillers was prevented in the PP matrix and they exhibited moderate transparency, around 17.9% and 44.6% T at 660 nm. Further, the chemical structures of the polymer composites were identified by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) analysis. According to thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the insertion of silica as a co-filler to the PP matrix resulted in an increase in its degradation onset temperature and also thermal stability. In addition, the mechanical properties of the PP composites also increased after the blending process with the hybrid fillers. Overall, sample PP-SS/CNF exhibited the highest tensile strength, which was 36.8 MPa, or around 73.55% compared to the pristine PP. The improvements in tensile strength were attributed to good dispersion and enhanced efficiency of the stress transfer mechanism between the silica and the cellulose within the PP matrix. However, elongation of the sample was reduced sharply due to the stiffening effect of the filler.
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author Mustapha, Safarul
Lease, Jacqueline
Eksiler, Kubra
Sim, Siew Teng
Ariffin, Hidayah
Andou, Yoshito
spellingShingle Mustapha, Safarul
Lease, Jacqueline
Eksiler, Kubra
Sim, Siew Teng
Ariffin, Hidayah
Andou, Yoshito
Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
author_facet Mustapha, Safarul
Lease, Jacqueline
Eksiler, Kubra
Sim, Siew Teng
Ariffin, Hidayah
Andou, Yoshito
author_sort Mustapha, Safarul
title Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
title_short Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
title_full Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
title_fullStr Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
title_full_unstemmed Facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
title_sort facile preparation of cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene using hybrid filler method
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101458/
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/8/1630
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