Cellulose nanocrystals the next big nano-thing?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7042, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Postek, Michael T ^c   Vladar, Andras ^c   Dagata, John ^c   Farkas, Natalia ^c   Ming, Bin ^a   Sabo, Ronald ^c   Wegner, Theodore H ^c   Beecher, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cellulose; Measurement; Metrology; Microscopy; Nanocrystal; Nanofibers; Standards

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DISPOSABILITY; GLUCOSE; GYPSUM; INSTRUMENTS; MANUFACTURE; MEASUREMENTS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BEST PRACTICES; BULK PROCESSES; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CONTINUOUS SYNTHESIS; CONTROL PURPOSES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; IN LINES; IN PLANTS; INFRA STRUCTURES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC FIBERS; MANUFACTURING IS; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; METROLOGY; MICRO FIBRILS; MICROSCOPY; NANO MATERIALS; NANO METROLOGIES; NANOMANUFACTURING; NANOSCALE MATERIALS; POLYMERIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROLS; REINFORCING PHASE; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULOSE; POLYMERS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; STANDARDS; TQM; TREES;

EID: 56249131123     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.797575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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