Bamboo Nanocellulose Reinforced Polylactic Acid Nanocomposites

This chapter discover bamboo nanocellulose nanocomposites. The nanocomposites were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray (EDS/EDX), respectively. Mechanical test was carried out by universal testing machine. This peak intensity was related to the glycosidic –C1-H deformation, a ring vibration, and –O-H group bending, which attributed to the β-glycosidic linkages between the anhydro glucose units in cellulose. The fractured cross-sectional surface showed that the cellulose fibers only physically interact with the PLA matrix and not chemically interact as confirmed by the chemical structure analysis of FT-IR. The spectrums peaks show that elements of carbon, oxygen and aluminum were detected from the EDX analysis.