All-cellulose composites by surface selective dissolution of aligned ligno-cellulosic fibres

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2201-2207

  Soykeabkaew, Nattakan ^a   Arimoto, Noriko ^b   Nishino, Takashi ^b   Peijs, Ton ^a,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

A. Natural fibres; B. Interfacial strength; B. Mechanical properties; D. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); D. X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTERFACIAL STRENGTH; N-DIMETHYLACETAMIDE;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; COMPOSITES; ELASTIC STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSIC FIBER; DISSOLUTION; GLASS FIBER; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 44949241317     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2008.03.023     Document Type: Article

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