相关链接
联系方式
  • 通信地址:浙江理工大学,材料与纺织学院,先进纺织材料与制备技术教育部重点实验室
  • 邮编:310018
  • 电话:0571-86843071
  • 传真:0571-86843082
  • Email:342099315@qq.com
当前位置:> 首页 > 论文著作 > 正文
A binder-free method to produce heat-sealable and transparent cellulose films driven by a confined green solvent
作者:Chengling Huang, Hou-Yong Yu, Lumin Chen, Bin Xue, Yunfei Shen, Jiayuan Shen and Kam Chiu Tam
关键字:无
论文来源:期刊
具体来源:DOI: 10.1039/D2GC04655E
发表时间:2023年

Following global trends in launching plastic bans driven by the increasing problem of non-degradable plastic polluting the environment, cellulose as an abundant natural polymer has gradually been exploited as an eco-friendly material. Nevertheless, there are two challenging problems to overcome: it is hard to dissolve and heat seal (self-bonding under heat and pressing) cellulose, which hinder cellulose materials from replacing plastic. Here, a binder-free method is proposed to realize the bonding of cellulose film without any other binders. The heat-sealable cellulose film was fabricated with a low bonding temperature of 78 °C and high transparency of 90%. Furthermore, glycerol and sorbitol were introduced in the cellulose film not only to reduce the brittleness of the films but also to assist the confined-solvent-driven process. Possible mechanisms of self-bonding and for the tunable concentration range of the residual solvent, which was crucial for the self-bonding, are reported. Additionally, a sealed cellulose-based band and bags were successfully made, indicating the potential of our heat-sealable cellulose films to overcome the inherent limitations of cellulose and boost the potential use of cellulose films as candidates to replace plastic.