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Dr Dongyang Sun's Outputs (24)

A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species (2020)
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Sun, D., Onyianta, A. J., O’Rourke, D., Perrin, G., Popescu, C.-M., Saw, L. H., Cai, Z., & Dorris, M. (2020). A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species. Cellulose, 27, 3727-3740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03038-4

In this study, surface chemistry, the morphological properties, water retention values, linear viscoelastic properties, crystallinity index, tensile strength and thermal properties of water hyacinth (WH) cellulose were correlated with the degree of m... Read More about A process for deriving high quality cellulose nanofibrils from Water hyacinth invasive species.

Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals (2019)
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Popescu, M.-C., Dogaru, B.-I., Sun, D., Stoleru, E., & Simionescu, B. C. (2019). Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 135, 462-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.194

There is an increased interest on changing the synthetic based materials to biodegradable ones, especially with natural polymers, polysaccharides or proteins. In this research we prepared bio-nanocomposite formulations with different component concen... Read More about Structural and sorption properties of bio-nanocomposite films based on κ-carrageenan and cellulose nanocrystals.

High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer (2018)
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Vadodaria, S. S., Onyianta, A. J., & Sun, D. (2018). High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer. Cellulose, 25(10), 5535-5552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1963-4

Suspensions of cellulose micro- and nanofibrils are widely used in coatings, fibre spinning, 3D printing and as rheology modifiers where they are frequently exposed to shear rates > 104 s−1, often within small confinements. High-shear rate rheologica... Read More about High-shear rate rheometry of micro-nanofibrillated cellulose (CMF/CNF) suspensions using rotational rheometer.

The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model. (2013)
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Keating, B. A., Hill, C. A. S., Sun, D., English, R., Davies, P., & McCue, C. (2013). The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 129, 2352-2359. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.39132

Nanocomposite films have been developed where a galactomannan (guar) matrix was reinforced with cellulose nanowhiskers and plasticized using sorbitol. The properties of these films were compared with films made from guar only. The films were examined... Read More about The water vapor sorption behavior of a galactomannan cellulose nanocomposite film analyzed using parallel exponential kinetics and the Kelvin-Voigt viscoelastic model..