Novel nanocomposites based on fatty acid modified cellulose nanofibers/poly(lactic acid): Morphological and physical properties

Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 21-31

  Almasi, Hadi ^a   Ghanbarzadeh, Babak ^b   Dehghannya, Jalal ^b   Entezami, Ali Akbar ^b   Asl, Asghar Khosrowshahi ^a  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanofibers; Morphological properties; Poly(lactic acid); Surface modification; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930193541     PISSN: 22142894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fpsl.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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