Subcritical Water: A Method for Green Production of Cellulose Nanocrystals

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2839-2846

  Novo, Lísias P ^a,b,c   Bras, Julien ^a,b   García, Araceli ^a,b,d   Belgacem, Naceur ^a,b   Curvelo, Antonio A S ^c,e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Cleaner effluent process; Cost management; Greener process; Subcritical water; Sulfur free; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; EFFLUENTS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COST MANAGEMENT; LOW-TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE; PARTIAL HYDROLYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SUB-CRITICAL WATER;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTALLINITY; HEMICELLULOSES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STABILITY; WATER;

EID: 84946225263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00762     Document Type: Article

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