Prediction of elastic properties of nanofibrillated cellulose from micromechanical modeling and nano-structure characterization by transmission electron microscopy

Cellulose

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 761-770

  Josefsson, Gabriella ^a   Tanem, Bjørn S ^b   Li, Yanjun ^b   Vullum, Per E ^b   Gamstedt, E Kristofer ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Micromechanics; Modelling; Nanofibrillated cellulose; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CRYSTALLITES; ELASTICITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROMECHANICS; MODELS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; STIFFNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

CELLULOSE BASED MATERIALS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MICRO-MECHANICAL MODELING; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (NFC); ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL INHOMOGENEITIES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROGRAPH;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 84874541681     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-013-9868-8     Document Type: Article

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