Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Cellulose-g-polyAcrylonitrile/Montmorillonite Nanocomposite

Cellulose is one of many polymers found in nature. Wood, paper, and cotton all contain cellulose. Cellulose is an excellent fiber. Wood, cotton, and hemp rope are all made offibrous cellulose. Cellulose is made of repeat units of the monomer glucose.[1]. Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is an important precursor to polymermaterials because of its unique and well-known properties, including hardness and rigidity, chemical resistance, compatibility with certain polar substances, and low gas permeability [2]. In addition, PAN can be easily chemically modified to contain pendant cyano groups in order to obtainan adsorbent-containing amidoxime (AO) group, which has been applied in many areas, such as sewage disposal, metal recovery and so on