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Effect Of Humidity On The Creep Response Of Cellulose Nanocrystals Films, Marianne C. Valone
Effect Of Humidity On The Creep Response Of Cellulose Nanocrystals Films, Marianne C. Valone
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Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are a derivative of cellulose, the Earth’s most abundant source of a sustainable polymer. There are many applications for CNCs such as batteries, antimicrobial films, flexible displays and drug delivery. This research is focused on CNCs films and the mechanical properties once humidity was introduced.
The creation of self-aligned CNCs films was utilized to perform dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) testing. The Forest Products Lab (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin provided the CNCs used. Both 3.5 wt.% and 9.1 wt.% films were made and tested. A DMA method was created to test the creep response of the CNCs films …