Effect of polyelectrolyte morphology and adsorption on the mechanism of nanocellulose flocculation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 481, Issue , 2016, Pages 158-167

  Raj, Praveena ^a,b   Batchelor, Warren ^a,b   Blanco, Angeles ^a,b   de la Fuente, Elena ^a,b   Negro, Carlos ^a,b   Garnier, Gil ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cationic Polyacrylamide (CPAM); Focussed Beam Reflectance Measurements (FBRM); Microfibrillated Cellulose (MFC); Polyethylenimine (PEI); Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADSORPTION MEASUREMENT; CATIONIC POLYACRYLAMIDES; FLOCCULATION MECHANISMS; FOCUSSED BEAM REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS (FBRM); MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); NEGATIVE ZETA POTENTIALS; POLYELECTROLYTE TITRATION; POLYETHYLENIMINES;

FLOCCULATION;

CELLULOSE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; FLOCCULATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84979695940     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.07.048     Document Type: Article

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