• Ductility-Enhanced UHMWPP Composites via Surface-Modified Cellulose: Comparative Effects of Urethane and Ester Functionalization

  • Ju-Hong Lee, Jae-Ryong Lee, Won-Bin Lim, Jin-Gyu Min, Ji-Won Lee, Ji-Hong Bae*,† , and PilHo Huh†

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
    *Research Institute of Industrial Technology, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea

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  • 이주홍 ·이재룡 ·임원빈 ·민진규 ·이지원 ·배지홍*,† ·허필호†

  • 부산대학교 응용화학공학부, *부산대학교 생산기술연구소

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(6): 700-708

    Published online Nov 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.6.700
  • Received on Jan 23, 2025
  • Revised on Jun 15, 2025
  • Accepted on Jul 6, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Ji-Hong Bae* , and PilHo Huh

  • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea
    *Research Institute of Industrial Technology, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea

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