Fabrication and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) filaments

Jun Peng, Yottha Srithep, Ronald Sabo, Srikanth Pilla, Xiang Fang Peng, Lih Sheng Turng*, Craig Clemons

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Abstract

This paper presents a new process to fabricate single polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) filaments and measures their tensile properties at various NFC ratios (0.5 to 3 wt %). The fabrication process generally contains four steps: (1) NFC isolation, (2) preparation of the PVA/NFC solution, (3) gel spinning and drying, and (4) filament stretching. The ultimate strength of PVA/NFC increased by almost 2 times compared with stretched neat PVA filaments. In order to ensure that the NFC fibers dispersed well in the PVA solution, high shear processing was employed. To study the possible degradation of PVA caused by high shear, a parallel plate rheo- meter was used to investigate the viscosity of the PVA1 NFC solutions. The PVA crystal orientation in the PVA/ NFC filaments was characterized by wide angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2013, ANTEC 2013
PublisherSociety of Plastics Engineers
Pages1985-1989
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781632665300
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2013, ANTEC 2013 - Cincinnati, OH, United States
Duration: 22 04 201324 04 2013

Publication series

NameAnnual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
Volume3

Conference

Conference71st Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2013, ANTEC 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCincinnati, OH
Period22/04/1324/04/13

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