Role of urea in alkaline dissolution of cellulose

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Isobe, Noriyuki ^a   Noguchi, Keiichi ^c   Nishiyama, Yoshiharu ^d   Kimura, Satoshi ^a,b   Wada, Masahisa ^a,b   Kuga, Shigenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alkali urea solvent; Dissolution; DSC; Solubility; X ray diffractometry

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISSOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; METABOLISM; MOLECULES; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ALKALINE DISSOLUTION; CELLULOSE MOLECULES; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; DISSOLUTION PROCESS; HYDROPHOBIC ASSOCIATION; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 84872310939     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-012-9800-7     Document Type: Article

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