Self-assembled optically transparent cellulose nanofibril films: effect of nanofibril morphology and drying procedure

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1091-1102

  Qing, Yan ^a,b   Sabo, Ronald ^b   Wu, Yiqiang ^a   Zhu, J Y ^b   Cai, Zhiyong ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Casting; Cellulose nanofibrils; Filtration; Freeze drying; Mechanical and optical properties; Self assembled films

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CASTING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FILMS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; CRYSTALLINITY; ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE-1-OXYL; BARRIER PROPERTIES; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; FREEZE DRIED SAMPLES; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; SELF ASSEMBLED FILMS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84925507908     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0563-9     Document Type: Article

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