Water vapor transport properties of regenerated cellulose and nanofibrillated cellulose films

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-57

  Bedane, Alemayehu H ^a   Eić, Mladen ^a   Farmahini Farahani, Madjid ^a   Xiao, Huining ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose films; Solubility; Surface barrier; Water vapor permeability (WVP); Water vapor transport rate (WVTR)

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; DIFFUSION; GAS ADSORPTION; HUMIDITY CONTROL; KRAFT PULP; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MONOLAYERS; PAPER; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE RESISTANCE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR;

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; MONOLAYER MOISTURE CONTENT; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; REGENERATED CELLULOSE FILMS; SURFACE BARRIER; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY; WATER VAPOR TRANSPORT;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFILM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMIDITY; HYDROGEL; HYDROPHILICITY; HYSTERESIS; ISOTHERM; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR;

CELLULOSE FILM; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMEABILITY; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; SOLUBILITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84936762346     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.009     Document Type: Article

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