Preparation and characterization of cellulose nanofibers from two commercial hardwood and softwood pulps

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 11211-11219

  Stelte, Wolfgang ^a,b   Sanadi, Anand R ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; CELLULOSE PULP; FAILURE STRAIN; FIBER DENSITY; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZERS; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; PROCESSING STAGE; PROCESSING STEPS; SOFTWOOD FIBERS; SOFTWOOD PULPS; ULTIMATE FAILURE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; FIBERS; FILM PREPARATION; HARDWOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; NANOFIBERS; PLASTIC FILMS; PULP REFINING; SOFTWOODS; STIFFNESS;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILM; FIBERS; HARDWOODS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTS; SOFTWOODS; STIFFNESS;

EID: 73349103119     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9011672     Document Type: Article

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