Quantitative electron microscopy of cellulose nanofibril structures from eucalyptus and pinus radiata kraft pulp fibers

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Chinga Carrasco, Gary ^a   Yu, Yingda ^b   Diserud, Ola ^c  

^a Papir og fiberinstituttet AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

computerized image analysis; metrology; microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); microscopy; nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; NANOFIBER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUCALYPTUS; METHODOLOGY; PINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLULOSE; EUCALYPTUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOFIBERS; PINUS;

EUCALYPTUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 80054959461     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927611000444     Document Type: Article

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