Abstract

Ball milling of crystalline cellulose with maleated polyethylene (MPE) yields a novel composite with ester bonds formed by reaction of the hydroxy groups of the cellulose with the maleic anhydride groups of MPE; the composite exhibits much improved toughness and ductility compared with the product formed by melt-mixing, probably because of the formation of an interphase of MPE chains bonded on cellulose particles.

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