Characterization of Pores in Dense Nanopapers and Nanofibrillated Cellulose Membranes: A Critical Assessment of Established Methods

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25884-25897

  Orsolini, Paola ^a,b   Michen, Benjamin ^a,b   Huch, Anja ^a   Tingaut, Philippe ^a   Caseri, Walter R ^b   Zimmermann, Tanja ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

gas adsorption; membranes; mercury intrusion; nanofibrillated cellulose; pore size distribution; porosity; specific surface area; thermoporometry

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CHARACTERIZATION; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; GAS ADSORPTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KRYPTON; MERCURY (METAL); MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SWELLING;

CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MERCURY INTRUSION; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (NFC); NATURAL FIBROUS MATERIALS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; THERMOPOROMETRY;

MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; MEMBRANES; MERCURY; PORE SIZE;

EID: 84948655154     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08308     Document Type: Article

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