Effects of delignification in the production of plant-based cellulose nanofibers for optically transparent nanocomposites

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1342-1347

  Okahisa, Yoko ^a   Abe, Kentaro ^b   Nogi, Masaya ^c   Nakagaito, A N ^d,e   Nakatani, Takeshi ^b,f   Yano, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Nanocomposites; B. Thermal properties; Bamboo; D. Scanning electron microscopy; D. Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

A. NANOCOMPOSITES; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; D. THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; MATRIX SUBSTANCES; OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SODIUM CHLORITE; SOLUTION TREATMENTS;

BAMBOO; CELLULOSE; DELIGNIFICATION; LEACHING; LIGNIN; NANOCOMPOSITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOFIBERS;

BAMBOO; CELLULOSE FIBERS; CHEMICAL TREATMENT; DELIGNIFICATION; GRAVIMETRY; LEACHING; LIGNINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79959617856     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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