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Rheology of nanofibrillated cellulose/acrylate systems for coating applications

Grüneberger, Franziska ; Künniger, Tina ; Zimmermann, Tanja ; Arnold, Martin

In: Cellulose, 2014, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 1313-1326

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    Titre
    • Rheology of nanofibrillated cellulose/acrylate systems for coating applications
    Auteur
    • Grüneberger, Franziska. Applied Wood Materials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
    • Künniger, Tina. Applied Wood Materials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
    • Zimmermann, Tanja. Applied Wood Materials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
    • Arnold, Martin. Applied Wood Materials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:324792
    Summary
    In this work, the suitability of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) as a novel component for wood coatings has been evaluated. NFC was prepared from two different wood pulps with a high pressure homogeniser and a grinder, depending on the initial fibre size of the two pulps. The fibrillation process was monitored using viscosity measurements and scanning electron microscopy. Viscosity measurements were found to be a suitable, reliable and especially fast and easy method for process monitoring, optimization and quality assessment of the NFC fibrillation process. NFC was mixed with four different waterborne acrylic polymer emulsions and analysed regarding its rheological behaviour. The viscosity of the acrylate-NFC suspensions was dominated by the NFC, whereas the polymer type was of minor importance at the tested concentrations. The viscosity increased exponentially after NFC addition and consequently the viscosity of such suspensions would be precisely adjustable in the considered shear range. During accelerated storage at elevated temperatures, the general flow behaviour did not change; only a slight viscosity increase was observed. The study shows that rheology is an important issue that has to be taken into account when applying NFC as additive in water based coating systems and that NFC is suitable as component for coating applications.