Improved dispersion of cellulose microcrystals in polylactic acid (PLA) based composites applying surface acetylation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 655-662

  Mukherjee, Tapasi ^a   Sani, Marco ^b   Kao, Nhol ^a   Gupta, Rahul K ^a   Quazi, Nurul ^a   Bhattacharya, Sati ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose microcrystals; Dispersion; Poly(lactic acid); Polymer processing; Polymers; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSION (WAVES); MICROCRYSTALS; POLYESTERS; RHEOLOGY;

CELLULOSE MICROCRYSTALS; CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSIONS; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYMER PROCESSING; RENEWABLE MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84882251714     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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