Essay topic：Comparison of fracture properties of cellulose nanopaper, printing paper and buckypaper
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Author：Rui Mao1, Stergios Goutianos2, Wei Tu3, Nan Meng1, Guang Yang4, Lars A. Berglund5,6, and Ton Peijs1,*
Key words: NO
Source:Journal
Specific source : J Mater Sci 2017，DOI 10.1007/s10853-017-1108-4
Published: 2017.04.27
Abstract: Cellulose nanopaper consists of a dense fibrous self-binding network composed of cellulose nanofibres connected by physical entanglements, hydrogen bonding, etc. Compared with conventional printing paper, cellulose nanopaper has higher strength and modulus because of stronger fibres and inter-fibre bonding. The aim of this paper is to investigate the fracture properties of cellulose nanopaper using
double edge notch tensile tests on samples with different notch lengths. It was found that strength is insensitive to notch length. A cohesive zone model was used to describe the fracture behaviour of notched cellulose nanopaper. Fracture energy was extracted from the cohesive zone model and divided into an energy component consumed by damage in the material and a component related to pull-out or bridging of nanofibres between crack surfaces which was not facilitated due to thelimited fibre lengths for the case of nanopapers. For comparison, printing paper which has longer fibres than nanopaper was tested and modelled to demonstrate the importance of fibre length. Buckypaper, a fibrous network made of carbon
nanotubes connected through van der Waals forces and physical entanglements, was also investigated to elaborate on the influence of inter-fibre connections.