All-cellulose composites based on microfibrillated cellulose and filter paper via a NaOH-urea solvent system

Cellulose

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 593-609

  Duchemin, Benoît ^a   Le Corre, Déborah ^b,f   Leray, Nolwenn ^b   Dufresne, Alain ^c,d   Staiger, Mark P ^b,e  

^a CNRS Université du havre   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^f THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

All cellulose composites; Cellulose II; Composites; Filter paper; FTIR; Microfibrillated cellulose; NaOH; XRD

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REINFORCEMENT; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE COMPOSITES; CELLULOSE II; FILTER PAPERS; FTIR; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NAOH; XRD;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

EID: 84955718183     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-015-0835-4     Document Type: Article

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