Renewable Additives that Improve Water Resistance of Cellulose Composite Materials

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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Heather L.
dc.contributor.authorTouchberry, Caitlin H.
dc.contributor.authorMcKinley, Jonathan P.
dc.contributor.authorMathe, Zachary S.
dc.contributor.authorMuradyan, Hurik
dc.contributor.authorLing, Hannah
dc.contributor.authorFadadu, Raj P.
dc.contributor.authorMulvihill, Martin J.
dc.contributor.authorAmrose, Susan E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T17:23:08Z
dc.date.available2021-02-15T17:23:08Z
dc.date.copyright2016en_US
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWaste cardboard is an underutilized resource that can be redirected for the creation of safer and higher quality building materials for low-income housing in the developing world, as well as to produce better materials for indoor environments in developed-world contexts. Using a renewable biobased binder and benign additives, we have improved the water resistance of a cardboard-based composite material, overcoming one of the major barriers to scaling and adoption of this class of materials. Resistance to water uptake was significantly increased with several additives and was increased over 900-fold in the best case. Strength and water uptake over time are reported for a range of fatty acid-based additives and multiple cardboard feedstocks.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are appreciative of assistance in Berkeley from Robert Spragg, Crysta Lynn Highfield, Cruz Carlos, Jeff Higginbotham and Matt Cataleta, as well as the students of the Haas Business School Cleantech to Market Course. The authors also thank Hasit Ganatra, Lisa von Rabenau, Sunny Gosain, Vikram Panchal, Prabha Brahman, Umiya Thakore, Nirvrat, Hitesh and others for their support in Ahmedabad, India. This work was supported by the Development Impact Lab (USAID Cooperative Agreement AIDOAA- A-13-00002), part of the USAID Higher Education Solutions Network and by the US-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuckley, H. L., Touchberry, C. H., McKinley, J. P., Mathe, Z. S., Muradyan, H., Ling, H.…Amrose S. E. (2016). Renewable Additives that Improve Water Resistance of Cellulose Composite Materials. Journal of Renewable Materials, 5(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.7569/jrm.2016.634109en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7569/jrm.2016.634109
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/12684
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Renewable Materialsen_US
dc.subjectRenewable biobased additives
dc.subjectwaste valorization
dc.subjectwater repellency
dc.subjectcellulose composite materials
dc.subjectgreen chemistry
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
dc.titleRenewable Additives that Improve Water Resistance of Cellulose Composite Materialsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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