Changes in the intra- and inter-fibrillar structure of lyocell (TENCEL®) fibers caused by NaOH treatment

Cellulose

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-52

  Öztürk, Hale Bahar ^a   Potthast, Antje ^b   Rosenau, Thomas ^b   Abu Rous, Mohammad ^c   MacNaughtan, Bill ^d   Schuster, Christian K ^c   Mitchell, John R ^d   Bechtold, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c LENZING AG   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkali; Cellulose; Crystallinity; Dyes; Fluorescence; Lyocell fiber; Molecular weight; Pore; Swelling; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLOIDS; COLORING; DYEING; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GELATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SORPTION; TEXTILE FIBERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALKALI; CRYSTALLINITY; LYOCELL FIBER; PORE; TREATMENT;

FIBERS;

ALKALIS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLINITY; DYEING; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SWELLING; TEXTILE FIBERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DYE; LYOCELL FIBER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POROSITY; SORPTION; SWELLING; TENSILE PROPERTY;

EID: 58149287652     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-008-9249-x     Document Type: Article

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