Re-dispersible carrot nanofibers with high mechanical properties and reinforcing capacity for use in composite materials

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 49-56

  Siqueira, Gilberto ^a,b   Oksman, Kristiina ^a,c   Tadokoro, Sandra K ^a   Mathew, Aji P ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atomic Force Microscopy; Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis; Interface; Mechanical properties; Nanocomposites; Scanning Electron Microscopy

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; HIGH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; NATIVE CELLULOSE; REINFORCING PHASE; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA);

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84949895338     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2015.12.001     Document Type: Article

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