Green nanocomposites of natural rubber/nanocellulose: Membrane transport, rheological and thermal degradation characterisations

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 415-424

  Abraham, Eldho ^a,b   Thomas, Merin S ^c   John, Cijo ^d   Pothen, L A ^b   Shoseyov, O ^a   Thomas, S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CMS COLLEGE   (India)

^c MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Central Forensic Science Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Biocomposite; Membrane transport; Nanocellulose; Natural rubber; Rheology; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPOSITES; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NANO-CELLULOSE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD VALUE; THERMAL DEGRADATION PROPERTIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION; FILLERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; REINFORCEMENT; RHEOLOGY; RUBBER; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CELLULOSE;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE; OXIDE; POLARIZATION; RHEOLOGY; SOLVENT; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84886824774     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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