Formation of entanglements at brushlike
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Johan M. Felix; Paul Gatenholm
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Cellulose fibers were grafted with compatibilizing agents, such as maleated polypropylenes of different molecular weights. Steric effects and surface free-energy effects were found to stimulate the stretching of grafted chains away from the cellulose fiber surface, giving rise to a brushlike configu