Dzun Noraini Jimat*, Sharifah Shahira Syed Putra, Parveen Jamal, Wan Mohd Fazli Wan Nawawi, Mohammed Saedi Jami
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.8, No.7, pp. 739-757, 2020, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2020.010357
- 01 June 2020
Abstract Increasing usage of foams in various industry sectors had causing serious
disposal problems once it reaches the end of its life-cycle. Herein, PVA-MFC foam
was prepared by freeze-drying using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and microfibrillated
cellulose (MFC) as a reinforced material from sugarcane bagasse (SCB). In this
study, the PVA-MFC foam was chemically silylated with Y-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The wetting ability and
mechanical strength of the silylated 2,20PVA-MFC foam was greatly enhanced compared with unmodified 2,20PVA-MFC foam. The silane chemicals (MPS and TEOS)
had been confirmed grafted on 2,20PVA-MFC foam due to the presence of Si-C… More >
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