A comparative study of cellulose nanofibrils disintegrated via multiple processing approaches

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 226-234

  Qing, Yan ^a,b   Sabo, Ronald ^b   Zhu, J Y ^b   Agarwal, Umesh ^b   Cai, Zhiyong ^b   Wu, Yiqiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanofibrils; Enzymatic and chemical pretreatments; Microfluidization; Refining

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; FILM PREPARATION; NANOFIBERS; REFINING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPARENCY;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS (CNFS); CHEMICAL PRETREATMENTS; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; MICROFLUIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY; REFINING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPARENCE;

EID: 84878233292     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.04.086     Document Type: Article

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