Towards biomimicking wood: Fabricated free-standing films of nanocellulose, lignin, and a synthetic polycation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 88, 2014, Pages

  Pillai, Karthik ^a,b   Arzate, Fernando Navarro ^a,c   Zhang, Wei ^a   Renneckar, Scott ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Issue 88; Layer by layer; LbL; Nanocellulose; Plant biology; Quartz crystal microbalance; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940241034     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51257     Document Type: Article

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