Thermal, Mechanical, and Degradation Properties of Nanocomposites Prepared using Lignin-Cellulose Nanofibers and Poly(Lactic Acid)

BioResources

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 3211-3224

  Wang, Xuan ^a   Sun, Haibo ^a   Bai, Haolong ^a   Zhang, Li Ping ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lignin cellulose nanofibers; Nanocomposites; Poly(lactic acid); Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM PREPARATION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; KRAFT PULP; LACTIC ACID; LIGNIN; NANOCELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; SWELLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DEGRADATION PROFILES; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZATION; POLY LACTIC ACID; TEMPERATURE REGIONS; THERMALLY STABLE; UNBLEACHED KRAFT PULPS;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE; GRAVIMETRY; LACTIC ACID; SWELLING; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920831791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.9.2.3211-3224     Document Type: Article

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