Effect of softwood Kraft lignin fractionation on the dispersion of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6311-6317

  Teng, Nai Yu ^a   Dallmeyer, Ian ^a   Kadla, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIBILITIES; LIGNIN STRUCTURE; MWCNT'S; SOFTWOOD KRAFT LIGNINS; SOLUBLE FRACTION; SOLVENT FRACTIONATION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIGNIN; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 84877784413     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie303261z     Document Type: Article

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