Properties of plasticized composite films prepared from nanofibrillated cellulose and birch wood xylan

Cellulose

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2015-2031

  Hansen, Natanya M L ^a   Blomfeldt, Thomas O J ^b   Hedenqvist, Mikael S ^b   Plackett, David V ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Composites; Films; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Plasticizer; Tensile; Xylan

Indexed keywords

BIRCH WOOD; COMPOSITION RANGES; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; METHOXYPOLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANO-CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; RENEWABLE MATERIALS; TENSILE; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY; XYLAN;

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FILMS; GLYCEROL; GLYCOLS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; TENSILE TESTING; WOOD;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CELLULOSE FIBERS; COMPOSITES; GLYCEROL; MOISTURE; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; TENSILE TESTS; THIN FILMS; XYLANS;

EID: 84868367446     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9764-7     Document Type: Article

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