scholarly journals The effect of chemically treated all-cellulose composites (ACCs) with dodecyltriethoxysilane (DTES) solution on the structural-property relationship

2021 ◽  
Vol 1192 (1) ◽  
pp. 012002
Author(s):  
M. Mat Salleh ◽  
M. F. Mohd Fauzi ◽  
S. S. Md Nor

Abstract Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on the Earth that is widely used in bio-based composites due to its high mechanical properties, availability and biodegradability. All-cellulose composites (ACCs) are known as a new class monocomponent of biocomposites due to both reinforcing and matrix phases that are based on cellulose. However, a technical challenge for ACCs is observed due to their propensity for high moisture absorption (water uptake), leading to the instability and deterioration of the mechanical properties. Therefore, this research focussed towards the improvement of the surface of ACCs in order to increase the resistance to water absorption. Prior to the characterisations, ACCs were chemically treated using dodecytriethoxysilane (DTES) coating solution by dip coating method. In this present study, the effects of two control factors: (i) DTES concentration (1.5, 7.5, and 12.5 vol%), and (ii) heating temperature (50, and 100 °C), were investigated on the ACCs. Upon completion of this treatment, three possible characterisations were conducted including of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and water absorption (WA) testing. Creation of polysiloxane layer was expected to reduce the tendency to absorb water in ACCs while being applied in the outdoor applications.

2011 ◽  
Vol 299-300 ◽  
pp. 448-451
Author(s):  
Guo Chao Qi ◽  
Sam Zhang ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
Feng Jun Shan ◽  
Jing Yuan Yu ◽  
...  

A series of the magnesium apatite coatings according to (Ca10-xMgx)(PO4)6(OH)2, where x = 0 to 2, was synthesized through a sol-gel dip-coating method. The roughness of the magnesium coatings increased as more magnesium incorporated into the coatings. The mechanical properties of the coatings were analyzed with Nanoindentor. The incorporation of magnesium decreased the hardness and the Young’s modulus of the coating. The X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analysis revealed that only part of magnesium was incorporated into the apatite structure while the rest existed in the form of MgO in the coating.


2000 ◽  
Vol 628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuki Nakanishi ◽  
Souichi Kumon ◽  
Kazuyuki Hirao ◽  
Hiroshi Jinnai

ABSTRACTMacroporous silicate thick films were prepared by a sol-gel dip-coating method accompanied by the phase separation using methyl-trimethoxysilane (MTMS), nitric acid and dimethylformamide (DMF) as starting components. The morphology of the film varied to a large extent depending on the time elapsed after the hydrolysis until the dipping of the coating solution. On a glass substrate, the films prepared by early dipping had inhomogeneous submicrometer-sized pores on the surface of the film. At increased reaction times, relatively narrow sized isolated macropores were observed and their size gradually decreased with the increase of reaction time. On a polyester substrate, in contrast, micrometer-sized isolated spherical gel domains were homogeneously deposited by earlier dippings. With an increase of reaction time, the volume fraction of the gel phase increased, then the morphology of the coating transformed into co-continuous gel domains and macropores, and finally inverted into the continuous gel domains with isolated macropores. The overall morphological variation with the reaction time was explained in terms of the phase separation and the structure freezing by the forced gelation, both of which were induced by the evaporation of methanol during the dipping operation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1115 (1) ◽  
pp. 012028
Author(s):  
P T P Aryanti ◽  
G Trilaksono ◽  
A Hotmaida ◽  
M A Afifah ◽  
F P Pratiwi ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Gözde Çelebi Efe ◽  
Elif Yenilmez ◽  
İbrahim Altinsoy ◽  
Serbülent Türk ◽  
Cuma Bindal

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Selin Sunay ◽  
Onder Pekcan ◽  
Saziye Ugur

Steady-state fluorescence (SSF) technique in conjunction with UV-visible (UVV) technique and atomic force microscope (AFM) was used for studying film formation from TiO2covered nanosized polystyrene (PS) latex particles (320 nm). The effects of film thickness and TiO2content on the film formation and structure properties of PS/TiO2composites were studied. For this purpose, two different sets of PS films with thicknesses of 5 and 20 μm were prepared from pyrene-(P-) labeled PS particles and covered with various layers of TiO2using dip-coating method. These films were then annealed at elevated temperatures above glass transition temperature () of PS in the range of 100–280°C. Fluorescence emission intensity, from P and transmitted light intensity, were measured after each annealing step to monitor the stages of film formation. The results showed that film formation from PS latexes occurs on the top surface of PS/TiO2composites and thus developed independent of TiO2content for both film sets. But the surface morphology of the films was found to vary with both TiO2content and film thickness. After removal of PS, thin films provide a quite ordered porous structure while thick films showed nonporous structure.


2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 611-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Liu ◽  
Zhen Ge ◽  
Wenguo Zhang ◽  
Yunjun Luo

Due to their unique physicochemical properties, polysilazanes exhibit excellent performance when combined with some resin matrixes, which had drawn great research attention. In this article, polyurethane (PU) was firstly prepared by polytetrahydrofuran glycol, isophorone diisocyanate, and 1,4-butanediol as main materials. Then, the prepared PU was blended with polysilazane by mixing the two solutions together, which was cured to films via dip-coating method at room temperature. The structure, thermal stability, and surface properties of the composite coatings were investigated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results demonstrated that after modification with polysilazane, the heat resistance, hydrophobicity, and mechanical property of the PU coatings were improved. When the content of polysilazane was 6 wt%, the mechanical property of the composite films was optimized, with a maximum tensile strength of 25.7 MPa and elongation at break of 797%. Meanwhile, the water contact angle of the composite film was 107° and the water absorption reached a minimum of 2.1%, which showed improved hydrophobicity and water resistance.


Langmuir ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (30) ◽  
pp. 9028-9035 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Dugay ◽  
R. P. Tan ◽  
A. Loubat ◽  
L.-M. Lacroix ◽  
J. Carrey ◽  
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