DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-BASED MEMBRANES FOR BUILDING ENVELOPE APPLICATIONS FROM POLY(LACTIC ACID) AND CELLULOSE MICROFIBERS

Development of Bio-based Membranes for Building Envelope Applications from Poly(lactic acid) and Cellulose Microfibers

A bio-based membrane was developed for building envelope applications.Biocomposites with enhanced water vapor permeability were fabricated based on poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and cellulose microfibers (CMF).To improve the interfacial adhesion between PLA and fibers, polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used as a compatibilizer read more for the modification

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The NPT at Fifty: Successes and Failures

The NPT succeeded in its initial task of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the potential proliferators considered likely offworld drum pads at the time of its entry into force in 1970.Thus, it helped prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to the ten, twenty, twenty-five countries that President John F.Kennedy once feared.It was help

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