Mechanical behavior of transparent nanofibrillar cellulose-chitosan nanocomposite films in dry and wet conditions

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-286

  Wu, Tongfei ^a,b,c   Farnood, Ramin ^b   O'Kelly, Kevin ^c   Chen, Biqiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Nanofibrillar cellulose

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBRILLAR CELLULOSE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CHITOSAN; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SKIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84893717251     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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