Characterization of chemically and enzymatically treated hemp fibres using atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 314, Issue , 2014, Pages 1019-1025

  George, Michael ^a   Mussone, Paolo G ^a   Abboud, Zeinab ^a,b   Bressler, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion forces; AFM; Enzymes; Hemp fibres modification; Roughness; Sulfonic acids

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENZYMES; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; HEMP; HEMP FIBERS; MERCERIZATION; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESION FORCE MEASUREMENTS; ADHESION FORCES; COLLOIDAL INTERFACES; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; COMPOSITE APPLICATIONS; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; NATURAL FIBRE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SULFONIC ACID;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84940235965     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.06.080     Document Type: Article

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