Bacterial cellulose reinforced thermoplastic composites: Preliminary evaluation of fabrication and performance

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2195-2207

  Gu, Ruijun ^a   Kokta, Bohuslav V ^b   Frankenfeld, Katrin ^c   Schlufter, Kerstin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^c Fzmb GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Nanofiber; Polyethylene; Wood composites; Wood fiber

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; POST TREATMENT; REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD COMPOSITES; WOOD FIBER;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

IMPACT STRENGTH;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITES; FIBERS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; WOOD FIBERS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956076645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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