Mechanical reinforcement of cellulose nanocrystals on biodegradable microcellular foams with melt-compounding process

Cellulose

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2629-2639

  Lin, Ning ^b   Chen, Youli ^b   Hu, Fei ^b   Huang, Jin ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Mechanical reinforcement; Melt compounding; Microcellular foam

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLOWING AGENTS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CYTOLOGY; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALS; POROUS MATERIALS; REINFORCEMENT;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CHEMICAL BLOWING AGENTS; MECHANICAL ENHANCEMENTS; MECHANICAL REINFORCEMENT; MELT-COMPOUNDING; MICROCELLULAR FOAMS; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE);

CELLS;

EID: 84937977920     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0684-1     Document Type: Article

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