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- 2024Influence of physical ageing and fibre proximity on the local mechanical response of the Elium® thermoplastic composite matrixcitations
- 2023Accurate determination of stiffness and strength of graphene via AFM-based membrane deflectioncitations
- 2022Integrated Approach to Eco-Friendly Thermoplastic Composites Based on Chemically Recycled PET Co-Polymers Reinforced with Treated Banana Fibrescitations
- 2022Ion Partition Detected in Homeopathically Manufactured Medicine Cuprum metallicum and Controlscitations
- 2021Nanomechanics serving polymer-based composite researchcitations
- 2019Spatial resolution and property contrast in local mechanical mapping of polymer blends using AFM dynamic force spectroscopycitations
- 2019A quantitative determination of the polymerization of benzoxazine thin coatings by timeâ€ofâ€flight secondary ion mass spectrometrycitations
- 2019Graphene effect on mechanical response of copper film
- 2019A quantitative determination of the polymerization of benzoxazine thin coatings by time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometrycitations
- 2018Characterization and modeling of the ageing of polymers in contact to fluids using nanomechanical probes
- 2018Specific core-shell approaches and related properties in nanostructured ferroelectric ceramicscitations
- 2018Specific core-shell approaches and related properties in nanostructured ferroelectric ceramicscitations
- 2018Specific core-shell approaches and related properties in nanostructured ferroelectric ceramicscitations
- 2018Hybrid gate dielectrics: a comparative study between polyvinyl alcohol/SiO2 nanocomposite and pure polyvinyl alcohol thin-film transistorscitations
- 2018Influence of Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Magnetic Domains in Duplex Stainless Steel S31803citations
- 2018A benzoxazine/substituted borazine composite coating: A new resin for improving the corrosion resistance of the pristine benzoxazine coating applied on aluminumcitations
- 2017Cross-linking degree of benzoxazine thin coatings determined by ToF-SIMS
- 2016Synergistic local toughening of high performance epoxy-matrix composites using blended block copolymer-thermoplastic thin filmscitations
- 2016Growth and toxic gas sensing properties of poly(urethaneimide) thin filmscitations
- 2015Field-effect memory transistors based on arrays of nanowires of a ferroelectric polymer
- 2015Fracture mechanics based analysis of the scratch resistance of thin brittle coatings on a soft interlayercitations
- 2015Surface electrical properties of stainless steel fibres: An AFM-based studycitations
- 2014Fracture toughness measurement of ultra-thin hard films deposited on a polymercitations
- 2014The Ferro- to Paraelectric Curie Transition of a Strongly Confined Ferroelectric Polymercitations
- 2013Electronic properties of dioctylterthiophene-based organic thin-film transistors: A Kelvin probe force microscopy studycitations
- 2012New insight into the "depth of cure" of dimethacrylate-based dental compositescitations
- 2012Optimization of the structural parameters of new potentiometric pH and urea sensors based on polyaniline and a polysaccharide coupling layercitations
- 2012Metal condensates for low-molecular-weight matrix-free laser desorption/ionizationcitations
- 2011Influence of nanoparticle–polymer interactions on the apparent migration behaviour of carbon nanotubes in an immiscible polymer blendcitations
- 2011Melting and van der Waals Stabilization of PE Single Crystals Grown from Ultrathin Filmscitations
- 2011Influence of nanoparticle–polymer interactions on the apparent migration behaviour of carbon nanotubes in an immiscible polymer blendcitations
- 2010pH and Enzymatic Sensors Based on Nanostructured Conductive Polymer Films
- 2010Bidimensional Response Maps of Adaptive Thermo- and pH-Responsive Polymer Brushescitations
- 2009In situ detection of porosity initiation during aluminum thin film anodizingcitations
- 2008Structural and magnetic characterization of a carburized cast austenitic steelcitations
- 2007Nanomechanics with the atomic force microscope on polymer surfaces, interfaces and nano-materials
- 2007Scanning Probe Microscopies : Principles and Applications to Micro- and Nano-Fiberscitations
- 2005Multitechnique characterization of thin films of immiscible polymer systems: PS-b-PMMA diblock copolymers and PS-PMMA symmetric blendscitations
- 2005Partial dewetting of polyethylene thin films on rough silicon dioxide surfaces.citations
- 2005Elastic modulus of nanomaterials: resonant contact-AFM measurement and reduced-size effects (invited lecture)citations
- 2004Surface tension effect on the mechanical properties of nanomaterials measured by atomic force microscopycitations
- 2004Atomic Force Microscopies and Polymer Blends : Principles and Applications to Surfaces and Interfaces (invited lecture)
- 2004Difference in the annealing behaviour of thin films of PS/PMMA blends and copolymers as revealed by ToF-SIMS and AFMcitations
- 2003Image analysis of transmission electron micrographs of semicrystalline polymers: a comparison with X-ray scattering resultscitations
- 2003Physical properties of conducting polymer nanofiberscitations
- 2003Measurement of elastic modulus of nanotubes by resonant contact atomic force microscopycitations
- 2003Spinodal-like dewetting of thermodynamically-stable thin polymer films.citations
- 2003Size effect on the elastic modulus of nanomaterials as measured by resonant contact atomic force microscopy
- 2001Characterization of the molecular structure of two highly isotactic polypropylenescitations
- 2001Chemical recognition of antioxidants and UV-light stabilizers at the surface of polypropylene: Atomic force microscopy with chemically modified tipscitations
- 2001Chemical Recognition of Antioxidants and UV-light Stabilizers on the Surface of Polypropylene : Atomic Force Microscopy with Chemically Modified Tipscitations
- 2000PEEK oligomers as physical model compounds for the polymer. 4. Lamellar microstructure and chain dynamics.citations
- 2000Elastic modulus of polypyrrole nanotubescitations
- 2000Nano-structured polymer blends: phase structure, crystallisation behaviour and semi-crystalline morphology of phase separated binary blends of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(ether sulphone)citations
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Integrated Approach to Eco-Friendly Thermoplastic Composites Based on Chemically Recycled PET Co-Polymers Reinforced with Treated Banana Fibres
Abstract
A major societal issue of disposal and environmental pollution is raised by the enormous and fast-growing production of single-use polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, especially in developing countries. To contribute to the problem solution, an original route to recycle PET in the form of value-added environmentally friendly thermoplastic composites with banana fibres (Musa acuminata) has been developed at the laboratory scale. Banana fibres are a so far undervalued by-product of banana crops with great potential as polymer reinforcement. The melt-processing constraints of commercial PET, including used bottles, being incompatible with the thermal stability limits use of natural fibres; PET has been modified with bio-sourced reactants to produce co-polymers with moderate processing temperatures below 200°C. First, commercial PET were partially glycolyzed with 1.3-propanediol to produce co-oligomers of about 20 repeating units, which were next chain extended with succinic anhydride and post-treated in a very unusual “soft solid state†process at temperatures in the vicinity of the melting point to generate co-polymers with excellent ductility. The molar mass build-up reaction is dominated by esterification of the chain ends and benefits from the addition of succinic anhydride to rebalance the acid-to-hydroxyl end-group ratio. Infra-red spectroscopy and intrinsic viscosity were extensively used to quantify the concentration of chain ends and the average molar mass of the co-polymers at all stages of the process. The best co-polymers are crystallisable, though at slow kinetics, with a Tg of 48°C and a melting point strongly dependent upon thermal history. The composites show high stiffness (4.8 GPa at 20% fibres), consistent with the excellent dispersion of the fibres and a very high interfacial cohesion. The strong adhesion can be tentatively explained by covalent bonding involving unreacted succinic anhydride in excess during solid stating. A first approach to quantify the sustainable benefits of this ...