Banana fiber-reinforced biodegradable soy protein composites

Frontiers of Chemistry in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Kumar, Rakesh ^a,b   Choudhary, Veena ^a   Mishra, Saroj ^a   Varma, Ik ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banana fibers; Composites; Glycerol; Soy protein; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849144727     PISSN: 16733495     EISSN: 16733614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11458-008-0069-1     Document Type: Article

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