Biocomposites of cellulose reinforced starch: Improvement of properties by photo-induced crosslinking

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 8803-8809

  Kumar, Annamalai Pratheep ^a   Singh, Raj Pal ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Biocomposites; Cellulose; Photo irradiation and crosslinking; Starch

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; COLLOIDS; COMPOSITE FILMS; GELATION; GELS; GLYCEROL; IRRADIATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCEMENT; SILICONES; SODIUM; STARCH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; BIOCOMPOSITES; DIMETHYL SULPHOXIDE; FIBER/MATRIX INTERFACE; GEL FRACTIONS; IRRADIATION TIME; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PHOTO-CROSS-LINKING; PHOTO-INDUCED CROSSLINKING; PHOTO-IRRADIATION; PHOTO-IRRADIATION AND CROSSLINKING; PHOTO-IRRADIATION TIME; PHOTO-SENSITIZER; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SODIUM BENZOATE; SWELLING DEGREES; TENSILE MODULUS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT;

WATER ABSORPTION;

AMYLOPECTIN; BENZOIC ACID; CELLULOSE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL; PLASTICIZER; STARCH;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE; IRRADIATION; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADSORPTION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY; CELLULOSE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; LIGHT; PLASTICIZERS; STARCH; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILM; COLLOIDS; COMPOSITES; GELATION; GELS; GLYCEROL; HUMIDITY; PLASTICIZERS; POLYSILICONES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SODIUM; STARCH; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 50349088040     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.04.045     Document Type: Article

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