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| Author(s): |
Trovatti, Eliane
;
Cunha, Ana Gisela
;
Carvalho, Antonio J. F.
;
Gandini, Alessandro
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | International Journal of Biological Macromolecules; v. 95, p. 762-768, FEB 2017. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 6 |
| Abstract | |
The conventional vulcanization process applied to elastomers is irreversible and hinders therefore their useful recycling. We demonstrate here that natural rubber can be reversibly crosslinked via the Diels-Alder coupling of furan and maleimide moieties. The furan-modified natural rubber used in this strategy was also exploited to bind it to maleimide-modified nanocellulose, thus generating a covalently crosslinked composite of these two renewable polymers. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/05184-0 - Bionacomposites based on nanocellulose and natural rubber |
| Grantee: | Eliane Trovatti |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |