• Improved Mechanical Properties : Composite of Surface-modified Cellulose Nanofiber and Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polypropylene

  • Jae-Ryong Lee# , Ju-Hong Lee# , Won-Bin Lim, Jin-Gyu Min, Sang-Wook Byun, Seoung-Ho Kim, Yi-Cheon Kim, Ji-Hong Bae† , and PilHo Huh†

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea

  • 향상된 기계적 특성:표면 개질 셀룰로오스 나노섬유와 초고분자량 폴리프로필렌의 복합체

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(3): 325-333

    Published online May 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.3.325
  • Received on Nov 21, 2024
  • Revised on Jan 21, 2025
  • Accepted on Jan 21, 2025

Correspondence to

  • i-Hong Bae , and PilHo Huh

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea

  • E-mail: jhbae@pusan.ac.kr, pilho.huh@pusan.ac.kr