A novel polyethylene-chlorella composite. I. Characterization of chlorellabiologically fixing CO2

Citation
F. Zhang et al., A novel polyethylene-chlorella composite. I. Characterization of chlorellabiologically fixing CO2, J APPL POLY, 77(10), 2000, pp. 2278-2284
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Organic Chemistry/Polymer Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00218995 → ACNP
Volume
77
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2278 - 2284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8995(20000906)77:10<2278:ANPCIC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Chlorella, a microalga massively produced from biological fixation of CO2, was investigated to evaluate the possibility of processing it with polyethy lene. Chlorella grain, a hollow aggregate sphere constituted of chlorella c ells binding with each other by hydrogen bonds, exhibits a higher thermal s tability than cellulose and strong resistance to cracking under mechanical forces up to 150 MPa, possibly due to the spherical structure and unique ma nner of assembly of chlorella cells. These characteristics of chlorella str ongly indicate that it can resist deformation and thermal decomposition in a compounding process with polyethylene. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.