Simple Freeze-Drying Procedure for Producing Nanocellulose Aerogel-Containing, High-Performance Air Filters

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 19809-19815

  Nemoto, Junji ^a,b   Saito, Tsuguyuki ^a   Isogai, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Central Research Laboratory Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

aerogel; air filter; freeze drying; nanocellulose; specific surface area

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CELLULOSE; DISPERSIONS; DRYING; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MIXTURES; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYLPIPERIDINE-1-OXYL; AQUEOUS MIXTURES; FILTER COMPONENTS; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR FILTERS; NANO-CELLULOSE; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA);

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 84941080141     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05841     Document Type: Article

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