Green strategy guided by Raman spectroscopy for the synthesis of ammonium carboxylated nanocrystalline cellulose and the recovery of byproducts

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-283

  Lam, Edmond ^a   Leung, Alfred C W ^a   Liu, Yali ^a   Majid, Ehsan ^a   Hrapovic, Sabahudin ^a   Male, Keith B ^a   Luong, John H T ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanocrystalline cellulose; Persulfate; Raman spectroscopy; Sulfate; Sulfuric acid

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATED NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PERSULFATE; SULFATE; THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS;

BYPRODUCTS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BYPRODUCTS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTALLITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFURIC ACID; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879422627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc3001367     Document Type: Article

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