Cellulosic bionanocomposites: A review of preparation, properties and applications

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 728-765

  Siqueira, Gilberto ^a,b   Bras, Julien ^a   Dufresne, Alain ^a  

^a INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio nanocomposites; Cellulose nanocrystals; Cellulose whiskers; Microfibrillated cellulose

Indexed keywords

BARRIER PROPERTIES; BIO-COMPOSITES; BIOMASS MATERIALS; BIONANOCOMPOSITES; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CELLULOSE WHISKERS; EMULSION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; MULTI-LEVEL; NANOSCALED; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; EMULSIFICATION; EXTRACTION; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL FIBERS;

CELLULOSE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITES; EMULSIFICATION; EXTRACTION; FILLERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FIBERS;

EID: 79952857796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2040728     Document Type: Review

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