Effect of impregnated inorganic nanoparticles on the properties of the kenaf bast fibers

Fibers

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-254

  Liang, Kaiwen ^a   Shi, Sheldon Q ^a   Wang, Ge ^b  

^a Center for Advanced Research and Technology   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN   (China)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Impregnation; Kenaf; Nanoparticle; Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); X ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924233639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/fib2030242     Document Type: Article

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