@article{Yun2020, 
author = {Tongtong Yun and Yilin Wang and Jie Lu and Yi Cheng and Yanna Lyu and Haisong Wang},
title = {Facile Fabrication of Cellulosic Paper-based Composites with Temperature-controlled Hydrophobicity and Excellent Mechanical Strength},
year = {2020},
journal = {Paper and Biomaterials},
volume = {5},
number = {2},
pages = {20-27},
keywords = {cellulose, ES fiber, paper-based composites, hydrophobicity, mechanical strength},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.12103/j.issn.2096-2355.2020.02.002},
doi = {10.12103/j.issn.2096-2355.2020.02.002},
abstract = {In this paper, we presented a novel strategy to employ a plant-derived carbohydrate polymer, i. e., cellulose, to prepare a hydrophobic composite. Cellulose was used as a scaffold, and ethylene-propylene side by side (ES) fiber was thermally melted and then coated on the cellulose surface to achieve hydrophobicity. Experimental results revealed that the thermo-coating ES fibers greatly increased the water contact angle of the cellulose scaffold from 25° to 153° while simultaneously enhanced the wet tensile strength of the composite approximately 6.7-fold (drying temperature of 170℃) compared with the pure cellulose paper. In particular, compared with other related research, the prepared cellulose-based composite possessed excellent hydrophobicity and superior mechanical strength, which introduces a new chemical engineering approach to prepare hydrophobic cellulose-based functional materials.}
}