The potential of wood fibers as reinforcement in cellular biopolymers

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-103

  Neagu, R Cristian ^a   Cuénoud, Matthieu ^a   Berthold, Fredrik ^b   Bourban, Pierre Etienne ^a   Gamstedt, E Kristofer ^c   Lindström, Mikael ^b   Månson, Jan Anders E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE TECHNOLOGIE DES COMPOSITES ET POLYMÈRES LTC   (Switzerland)

^b INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cellular composite; foams; micromechanical modeling; polylactic acid (PLA); supercritical processing; wood fibers

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR COMPOSITE; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; POLY LACTIC ACID; SUPER-CRITICAL; WOOD FIBERS;

ADHESION; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FIBERS; FOAMS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITES; FOAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS; SURFACTANTS; WOOD FIBERS;

EID: 84856205884     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X11431172     Document Type: Article

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