Cellulose nanocrystals-based nanocomposites: Fruits of a novel biomass research and teaching platform

Current Science

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1172-1176

  Cao, Xiaodong ^a,b   Habibi, Youssef ^a   Magalhães, Washington Luiz Esteves ^c   Rojas, Orlando J ^a,d,e   Lucia, Lucian A ^a,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomass teaching programme; Cellulose; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955398893     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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