Investigation of surface properties of physico-chemically modified natural fibres using inverse gas chromatography

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-115

  Cordeiro, N ^a   Gouveia, C ^a   John, M Jacob ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkaline treatment; Fibres modification; Inverse gas chromatography; Natural fibres; Surface properties; Zein treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE TREATMENT; BAST FIBRE; BIO-BASED; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; CRYSTALLINITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FIBRES MODIFICATION; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NATURAL FIBRE; SPECIFIC FREE ENERGY; SURFACE CHANGES; SURFACE ENERGIES;

ADSORPTION; BAST FIBERS; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HEMP; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT PRODUCT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WETTING;

AGAVE; AGAVE SISALANA; ANANAS COMOSUS; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 78649689605     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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