Natural cellulose fibers from switchgrass with tensile properties similar to cotton and linen

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1021-1027

  Reddy, Narendra ^a   Yang, Yiqi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cellulose fibers; Fiber extraction; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EXTRACTION; FIBERS;

FIBER EXTRACTION; SWITCHGRASS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; HARVEST; NONHUMAN; PLANT FIBER; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CELLULOSE; COTTON FIBER; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; PANICUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FIBERS; EXTRACTION; FIBERS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 34547575592     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21330     Document Type: Article

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