Enhanced dispersion of cellulose nanocrystals in melt-processed polylactide-based nanocomposites

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 483-498

  Arias, Andrea ^a   Heuzey, Marie Claude ^a   Huneault, Michel A ^b   Ausias, Gilles ^c   Bendahou, Abdelkader ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC); Dispersion; Melt compounding; Polyethylene oxide (PEO); Polymer carrier

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; BLENDING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); DISPERSION (WAVES); MIXTURES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; SOLVENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPOSITES; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; MELT-COMPOUNDING; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE (PEO); POLYMER CARRIER; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84925465550     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0476-z     Document Type: Article

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