Characterisation of solution cast cellulose nanofibre - Reinforced poly(lactic acid)

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Liu, D Y ^a   Yuan, X W ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^a   Easteal, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biopolymer; Nanocellulose; Poly(lactic acid) (PLA); Polymer composites

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249120813     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2010.5     Document Type: Article

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