Ionic liquids for the production of man-made cellulosic fibers: Opportunities and challenges

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 271, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-168

  Hummel, Michael ^a   Michud, Anne ^a   Tanttu, Marjaana ^a   Asaadi, Shirin ^a   Ma, Yibo ^a   Hauru, Lauri K J ^a   Parviainen, Arno ^b   King, Alistair W T ^b   Kilpeläinen, Ilkka ^b   Sixta, Herbert ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellulosic fiber; Dry jet wet fiber spinning; Ionic liquid; Rheology; Yarn spinning; DBNH OAc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961291460     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2015_307     Document Type: Article

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