Surface chemical modification of microfibrillated cellulose: Improvement of barrier properties for packaging applications

Cellulose

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Rodionova, Galina ^a   Lenes, Marianne ^b   Eriksen, Øyvind ^b   Gregersen, Øyvind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Papir og fiberinstituttet AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acetic anhydride (AA); Heterogeneous acetylation; Hydrophobicity; Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCELLULOSE;

ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; DEGREE OF SURFACE SUBSTITUTIONS (DSS); DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); PACKAGING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79251593419     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-010-9474-y     Document Type: Article

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