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Lavoratti, AlessandraORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-9208-8764
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Lavoratti, A., Bianchi, O., Cruz, J. A., Al-Maqdasi, Z., Varna, J., Amico, S. C. & Joffe, R. (2024). Impact of water absorption on the creep performance of epoxy/microcrystalline cellulose composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 141(19), Article ID e55365.
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2024 (English)In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, ISSN 0021-8995, E-ISSN 1097-4628, Vol. 141, no 19, article id e55365Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Recently, considerable effort has been made to study cellulose/epoxy composites. However, there is a gap when it comes to understanding the post-conditioning anomalous effect of moisture uptake on their mechanical and dynamic-mechanical properties, and on their creep behavior. In this work, up to 10.0 wt% microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was incorporated into epoxy resin by simple mixing and sonication. Epoxy/MCC composites were fabricated by casting in rubber silicone molds, and rectangular and dog-bone test specimens were produced. The moisture uptake, dynamic mechanical, chemical, tensile, and creep behavior were evaluated. The incorporation of MCC increased the water diffusion coefficient. The changes in storage modulus and glass transition temperature, combined with Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analysis, evidenced that water sorption in epoxies causes both plasticization and additional resin crosslinking, although the latter is prevented by the addition of MCC. The creep strain of the composites increased by 60% after conditioning, indicating that plasticization induced by water sorption plays an important role in the long-term properties of the composites.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wiley, 2024
Keywords
cellulose and other wood products, mechanical properties, thermosets
National Category
Polymer Chemistry
Research subject
Polymeric Composite Materials
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urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-104592 (URN)10.1002/app.55365 (DOI)001173034400001 ()2-s2.0-85186558212 (Scopus ID)
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Validerad;2024;Nivå 2;2024-04-09 (joosat);

Funder: The Brazilian Agency Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES, Brazil) Finance Code 001; STINT/CAPES (no. 88881.304743/2018-01); Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazil) (grants no. 408193/2021-2 and 305814/2021-4);

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Available from: 2024-03-14 Created: 2024-03-14 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
Bianchi, O., Cruz, J. A., Paim, L., Lavoratti, A., Al-Maqdasi, Z., Amico, S. C., . . . Joffe, R. (2024). Rheology, curing and time-dependent behavior of epoxy/carbon nanoparticles systems. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 141(3), Article ID e54821.
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2024 (English)In: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, ISSN 0021-8995, E-ISSN 1097-4628, Vol. 141, no 3, article id e54821Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2024
National Category
Composite Science and Engineering
Research subject
Polymeric Composite Materials
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-101958 (URN)10.1002/app.54821 (DOI)001089771700001 ()2-s2.0-85174582769 (Scopus ID)
Note

Validerad;2024;Nivå 2;2024-04-04 (signyg);

Funder: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (305814/2021-4); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (FinanceCode 001); STINT/CAPES (88881.304743/2018-01)

Available from: 2023-10-31 Created: 2023-10-31 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved
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