Formation of cellulose acetate-graphene oxide nanocomposites by supercritical CO2 assisted phase inversion

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 8147-8156

  Baldino, Lucia ^a   Sarno, Maria ^a   Cardea, Stefano ^a   Irusta, Silvia ^b   Ciambelli, Paolo ^a   Santamaria, Jesus ^b   Reverchon, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PORE SIZE;

CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CELLULOSE ACETATES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; PARTIAL REDUCTION; PHASE INVERSION PROCESS; SUPERCRITICAL CO2;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84940513928     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01452     Document Type: Article

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