Preparation and characterization of nanocrystalline cellulose using ultrasonication combined with a microwave-assisted pretreatment process

BioResources

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 3397-3415

  Chowdhury, Zaira Z ^a   Hamid, Sharifah Bee Abd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alkaline peroxide pulping process (ahp); Biomass; Hydrolysis; Nanocrystalline cellulose (ncc); Ultrasonication

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROLYSIS; IONIC LIQUIDS; JUTE FIBERS; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PULP MANUFACTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INTRA-MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE(NCC); PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRETREATMENT PROCESS; PULPING PROCESS; ULTRA-SONICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSES (XRD);

CELLULOSE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; HYDROLYSIS; PULPING;

EID: 84965112376     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15376/biores.11.2.3397-3415     Document Type: Article

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