Cellulosic nanoparticles from alfa fibers (Stipa tenacissima): Extraction procedures and reinforcement potential in polymer nanocomposites

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 843-853

  Mabrouk, Ayman Ben ^a   Kaddami, Hamid ^b   Boufi, Sami ^a   Erchiqui, Fouad ^c   Dufresne, Alain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^d INP Grenoble EFPG   (France)

Author keywords

Alfa; Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC); Nanocomposites; Nanocrystals; Structure

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC LATEXES; ALFA; ALFA (STIPA TENACISSIMA); AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; CELLULOSE FIBER; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES; LIGNIN CONTENTS; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANO-SIZED; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; ROD-LIKE MORPHOLOGY; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

ASPECT RATIO; BLEACHING; CELLULOSE; CLEANING; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

FIBERS;

EID: 84860357770     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9662-z     Document Type: Article

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