Erick Habacuc Reyes Piña

Mr. Erick Habacuc Reyes Piña

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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22 April 2025 in Polymers
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EPErick Habacuc Reyes Piña
Erick Habacuc Reyes Piña
MMMayra Elizabeth Juárez Méndez
Mayra Elizabeth Juárez Méndez
DRDiana Palma Ramírez
Diana Palma Ramírez
ALACELA LOPEZ-BENITEZ
ACELA LOPEZ-BENITEZ
KNKaren Ailed Neri-Espinoza
Karen Ailed Neri-Espinoza
NCNicolás Cayetano-Castro
Nicolás Cayetano-Castro
Transparent high-performance polymers are essential to avoid damage in automotive headlights when exposed to environmental conditions. An approach involving the synthesis of reinforced interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) based on poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/poly(urethane) (PU) with crystalline cellulose (C) is here proposed. The valorization of single-use cups used for cold beverage applications into reinforcement nanoparticle agents is studied through structural and morphological analysis, revealing intermediate crystallinity (52.51%) with a mixture of Iα (52.9%) and Iβ (46.3%) polymorphs in which the initial fiber had no chemical modification after the involved pretreatments. The effect of dispersing 0.1 wt% of C (d = 29 nm and L= 85–200 nm) into 50/50 and 80/20 PMMA/PU ratios is studied as a reinforcement agent under aging and environmental conditions (ASTM D1435-20) for 672 h. PMMA80/PU20 (σ =4 MPa, ε = 54%, E = 7 MPa) led to lower mechanical properties than PMMA50/PU50 (stress σ =14 MPa, strain ε = 94%, E = 83 MPa). PMMA50/PU50/C is reinforced in σ and ε with C addition (σ = 19 MPa, ε = 41%, E = 585 MPa) while PMMA80/PU20/C reduces both (σ = 3 MPa, ε = 51%, E = 5 MPa). This study indicates that aging increases stress while maintaining strain in the first but decreases in the second. The optical properties indicate no severe damage after aging.