A comparative guide to controlled hydrophobization of cellulose nanocrystals via surface esterification

Cellulose

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1825-1846

  Peng, Shane X ^a   Chang, Huibin ^b,c   Kumar, Satish ^b,c   Moon, Robert J ^a,d   Youngblood, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Dispersibility; Esterification; Hansen s solubility parameters; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

13C SOLID STATE NMR; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); DISPERSIBILITIES; GRAFTING EFFICIENCY; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ESTERIFICATION;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

EID: 84961207845     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-0912-3     Document Type: Article

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