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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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Polímeros
2018-03-01
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282018000100069&lng=en&tlng=en |