Surface-modified nano-cellulose as reinforcement in poly(lactic acid) to conform new composites

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 71, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-53

  Robles, Eduardo ^a   Urruzola, Iñaki ^a   Labidi, Jalel ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue agave; Cellulose; Composites; Fatty acids; Nanofibers; PLA; Silanes

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FRACTURE; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILANES; STRAIN; STRESSES; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BLUE AGAVE; CELLULOSE EXTRACTION; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS; DODECANOYL CHLORIDE; FIBER CONCENTRATION; PLA; SULFURIC ACID HYDROLYSIS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SULFURIC ACID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITES; FATTY ACIDS; SILANES;

AGAVE;

EID: 84926500838     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2015.03.075     Document Type: Article

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