Sustainable nanocomposite films based on bacterial cellulose and pullulan

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 729-737

  Trovatti, Eliane ^a   Fernandes, Susana C M ^a   Rubatat, Laurent ^b   Freire, Carmen S R ^a   Silvestre, Armando J D ^a   Neto, Carlos Pascoal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial cellulose; Bionanocomposite films; Mechanical properties; Pullulan; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AFM; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; BIO-NANOCOMPOSITE; BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; BIONANOCOMPOSITES; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; DRY FOODS; MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; NOVEL MATERIALS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PULLULANS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; WATER BASED; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CASTING; CELLULOSE; FILM PREPARATION; GLYCEROL; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICIZERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

BACTERIA; CASTING; CELLULOSE; GLYCEROL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICIZERS; PULLULAN; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860358410     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9673-9     Document Type: Article

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