Preparation and characterization of composites from starch with sugarcane bagasse nanofibres

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2695-2712

  Gilfillan, William Neil ^a   Moghaddam, Lalehvash ^a   Doherty, William O S ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bagasse; Composite; Film; Nanofibre; Starch; Sugar cane fibre

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BAGASSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; FILMS; NANOFIBERS; STARCH; SUGAR CANE; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; MODIFIED POTATO STARCH; NANOFIBRE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; STORAGE AND LOSS MODULUS; SUGAR CANE FIBRES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84904311363     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0277-4     Document Type: Article

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