Processing and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals/polylactic acid nanocomposite films

Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8106-8116

  Sullivan, Erin M ^a   Moon, Robert J ^a,b   Kalaitzidou, Kyriaki ^a,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Nanocomposite film; Polylactic acid

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; COMPRESSION MOLDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GLASS TRANSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); TENSILE TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; FILM CRYSTALLINITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; POLY LACTIC ACID; THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84953263019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma8125447     Document Type: Article

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