Self-assembly of bacterial and tunicate cellulose nanowhiskers

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5199-5206

  Khandelwal, Mudrika ^a   Windle, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanowhiskers; Liquid crystal; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOWHISKERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ASPECT RATIO DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOWHISKERS; CHIRAL NEMATIC PHASIS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE TRANSITION; SEPARATION BEHAVIOUR; TRANSITION DIAGRAM;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 84881614254     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.07.033     Document Type: Article

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