Concurrent Cellulose Hydrolysis and Esterification to Prepare a Surface-Modified Cellulose Nanocrystal Decorated with Carboxylic Acid Moieties

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1538-1550

  Spinella, Stephen ^a,b   Maiorana, Anthony ^a   Qian, Qian ^a   Dawson, Nathan J ^c   Hepworth, Victoria ^a   McCallum, Scott A ^a   Ganesh, Manoj ^b   Singer, Kenneth D ^c   Gross, Richard A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acid; Cellulose hydrolysis; Cellulose nanocrystals; Fischer esterification; Nanocomposite; Poly(vinyl alcohol)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CITRIC ACID; DECOMPOSITION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; RECYCLING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOLYSIS; TITRATION;

CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CONDUCTOMETRIC TITRATIONS; FISCHER ESTERIFICATION; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; MODERATELY HIGH TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESTERIFICATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 84960171687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01489     Document Type: Article

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