Materials from renewable resources: new properties and functions



Título del documento: Materials from renewable resources: new properties and functions
Revue: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436341
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Fisica, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Año:
Volumen: 91
Número: 4
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Aplicado, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés Sustainable production requires increasing use of raw materials from renewable sources, processed under mild conditions with minimal effluent production. These requirements are satisfied by using materials derived from biomass, in synergy with food and energy production. The possibilities of biomass are continuously enlarged by new findings, as in the intrinsic nanocomposite properties of natural rubber and the amphiphile behavior of cellulose that translated into new functional materials, including high-performance, flexible and conductive non-metallic materials. Other findings are allowing a better understanding of electrostatic phenomena that play a positive role in electrostatic adhesion and cohesion of nanocomposites made from biomass products. Moreover, this should allow the development of safe electrostatic separation techniques, suitable for the fractionation of crude mixtures of biomass residues. A current study on rubber electrostatics is showing its capabilities as a transducer of mechanical energy while providing clues to understand the performance of the dielectric elastomers used in robotic self-sensing actuators
Disciplinas: Ingeniería
Palabras clave: Ingeniería de materiales,
Recursos renovables,
Celulosa,
Hule natural,
Nanocompuestos,
Electrostática
Keyword: Materials engineering,
Renewable resources,
Cellulose,
Electrostatics,
Nanocomposites,
Natural rubber
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