The Effect of Bacterial Cellulose (BC) Fiber Content on the Properties of BC Fiber Reinforced Nanocomposites

Abstract:

Optically transparent nanocomposites were prepared by epoxy resin reinforced with bacterial cellulose nanofibers in volume fraction from 2.6 to 32.7wt%. The transparence, surface smoothness, thermal expansion and mechanic properties of the nanocomposites with different BC fiber content were characterized. It was found that the nanocomposites display high visible light transparence (84% at 600nm) even at high fiber content (32.7 wt%). The coefficient of planar thermal expansion (CTE) was reduced from 83.8 ppm/K (Epoxy resin) to 40.6 ppm/K at low fiber content (2.6 wt%). The high transparence was insensitive to the change of temperature from room temperature to 90 oC.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 789)
• Pages: 262-269
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.789.262
• Online since: April 2014
• Authors: Wei Li Zheng*, Si Yu Zhao, Yi Zheng, Shi Yan Chen, Hua Ping Wang
• Keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Fiber Content, Nanocomposite

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