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This book reveals how polymer blending and grafting now offer a growing range of new applications for advanced films and fibers. Further, it details how the processing and original physical properties of cellulosics can be improved, and demonstrates how new, cellulose-core polymeric materials offer a wide range of synergistic functionalities. Lastly, it summarizes basic characterization studies and successful fabrications of advanced films and fibers. The book is primarily intended for advanced undergraduates, academic and industrial researchers and professionals studying or using bio-based polymers.

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1. Methods for Characterization of Microscopic Structures of Cellulose-core Multicomponent Systems

1.1 Background & Introduction

1.2 Terminology

1.3 Characterization Methods

References

2. Cellulosic Polymer Blends 1: With Vinyl Polymers

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Cellulose Ester/Vinyl Copolymer Systems

2.3 Other Prominent Systems Including IPNs

References

3. Cellulosic Polymer Blends 2: With Aliphatic Polyesters

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Cellulose Alkyl Ester Blends with Poly( e -caprolactone)

3.3 Acylated Chitin Blends with Poly( e -caprolactone)

3.4 Prospective Remarks

References

4. Cellulosic Graft Copolymers

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Graft Copolymers with Aliphatic Polyester Side-Chains

4.3 Other Prominences Attained by ATRP: Synthesis, Characterization, and Selected Properties

References

5. Cellulosic Fibers Produced by Melt Spinning

5.1 Introduction: Melt Spinning vs. Solution Spinning

5.2 Strategy for Melt Spinning Process

5.3 Industrial Example of Success
5.4 Fiber and Textile Properties
5.5 Concluding Remark and Outlook

References

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