Reinforcement of poly (vinyl alcohol) films with alpha-chitin nanowhiskers

Abstract Composites Films were produced using Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) as the soft material and reinforced with Chitin Nanowhiskers(NWCH) as the rigid material. The present work studies the reinforcing mechanisms of NWCH in PVA films, made through a solvent casting technique and characterized for their...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hugo Lisboa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Polímeros 2018-03-01
Series:Polímeros
Subjects:
PVA
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282018000100069&lng=en&tlng=en