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Polymer heat-proofing using defibered plants obtained by wet-type bead milling of Japanese cedar

Polymer Journal volume 53, pages 841–845 (2021)Cite this article

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In this Note, the heat-proofing and anti-plasticizing nature of poly(ethylene carbonate) by the addition of a defibered plant (DP) is presented. The DP was obtained via simple wet-milling treatment of water-dispersed Japanese cedar. The presented results encourage us to use plants as functional fillers without a special chemical/biological reaction.

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We thank Dr. Akinori Matsushika, Dr. Masahiro Watanabe (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology), Dr. Tomoko Shimokawa (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute), Mr. Yudai Funatsu (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), and Dr. Hiroyasu Masunaga (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute) for valuable suggestions, for providing cellulose samples, for TGA measurements of cellulose samples, and for kind assistance with the experimental setup for synchrotron X-ray scattering. This work was supported by a grant from JST ALCA Grant Number JPMJAL1601 and JST-Mirai R&D Grant Number JPMJMI19E8. The authors would like to thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language review. The synchrotron orbital radiation experiments were performed at BL40B2 of SPring-8 with the approval of the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (Proposal No. 2018A1185).

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  1. Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

    Kazuhiro Shikinaka

  2. Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan

    Ai Tsukidate & Yoichi Tominaga

  3. Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

    Hiroyuki Inoue

  4. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yuichiro Otsuka

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Shikinaka, K., Tsukidate, A., Tominaga, Y. et al. Polymer heat-proofing using defibered plants obtained by wet-type bead milling of Japanese cedar. Polym J 53, 841–845 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-021-00473-3

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