Improving the reproducibility of chemical reactions on the surface of cellulose nanocrystals: ROP of ε-caprolactone as a case study

Cellulose

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-617

  Labet, Marianne ^a   Thielemans, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cotton nanocrystals; Ethanol; Grafting from; Nanowhiskers; Polycaprolactone (PCL); Purification; Ring Opening Polymerization (ROP); Soxhlet extraction; Surface Initiated Polymerization (SIP)

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED SPECIES; CAPROLACTONE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FTIR; GRAFTING FROM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCAPROLACTONE (PCL); REACTIVE SITE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE INITIATED POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE-INITIATED; XPS;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; ETHANOL; HYDROLYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWHISKERS; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMERS; RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COTTON; ETHANOL; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; POLYMERIZATION; PURIFICATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; WHISKERING;

EID: 79955761345     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-011-9527-x     Document Type: Article

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