Miscanthus Giganteus: A commercially viable sustainable source of cellulose nanocrystals

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 155, Issue , 2017, Pages 230-241

  Cudjoe, Elvis ^a   Hunsen, Mo ^a,b   Xue, Zhaojun ^a   Way, Amanda E ^a   Barrios, Elizabeth ^a   Olson, Rebecca A ^a   Hore, Michael J A ^a   Rowan, Stuart J ^a,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Hydrolysis; Miscanthus x. Giganteus; Nanocellulose; Nanocomposites; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); MISCANTHUS; NANO-CELLULOSE; SUSTAINABLE; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT CONDITIONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

BLEACHING; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84983646663     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.08.049     Document Type: Article

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