Université de Fribourg

Light-Activated Healing of Metallosupramolecular Polymers

Fiore, Gina L. ; Rowan, Stuart J. ; Weder, Christoph

In: CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry, 2011, vol. 65, no. 9, p. 745

Université de Fribourg

Stress-transfer in anisotropic and environmentally adaptive cellulose whisker nanocomposites

Rusli, Rafeadah ; Shanmuganathan, Kadhiravan ; Rowan, Stuart J. ; Weder, Christoph ; Eichhorn, Stephen J.

In: Biomacromolecules, 2010, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 762–768

Quantitative insights into the stress-transfer mechanisms that determine the mechanical properties of tunicate cellulose whisker/poly(vinyl acetate) nanocomposites were gained by Raman spectroscopy. The extent of stress-transfer is influenced by local orientation (or anisotropy) of the whiskers, which in turn is governed by the processing conditions used to fabricate the nanocomposites....