Nanocellulose life cycle assessment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 919-928

  Li, Qingqing ^a   McGinnis, Sean ^a   Sydnor, Cutter ^b   Wong, Anthony ^a   Renneckar, Scott ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Homogenization; Life cycle assessment; Nanocellulose; Sonication; Sustainable; TEMPO oxidation

Indexed keywords

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE-1-OXYL; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MECHANICAL TREATMENTS; NANO-CELLULOSE; RAW MATERIAL EXTRACTION; SUSTAINABLE; TEMPO OXIDATIONS;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FABRICATION; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; KRAFT PULP; OXIDATION; SONICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84881432914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4000225     Document Type: Article

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