Review of recent research into cellulosic whiskers, their properties and their application in nanocomposite field

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 612-626

  Azizi Samir, My Ahmed Said ^a,b,d   Alloin, Fannie ^b   Dufresne, Alain ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b LEPMI   (France)

^c INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; HYDROLYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

BIOCOMPOSITES; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CELLULOSE CRYSTALLITES; POLYMER MATRICES;

MACROMOLECULES;

ACID HYDROLASE; BIOPOLYMER; CELLULOSE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; SUSPENSIONS;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE WHISKERS; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16344384008     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm0493685     Document Type: Review

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