Polylactic acid composites incorporating casein functionalized cellulose nanowhiskers

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gu, Jin ^a   Catchmark, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanowhiskers; Fluorescence microscopy; Polylactic acid; Surface plasmon resonance; Whole milk casein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890305098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-7-31     Document Type: Article

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