Easy production of cellulose nanofibrils from corn stalk by a conventional high speed blender

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-47

  Boufi, Sami ^a   Chaker, Achraf ^a  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Agricultural residue; Cellulose; Corn stalk; Nanocomposites; Nanofibrillated cellulose

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; BLENDING; CROPS; DELIGNIFICATION; FIBERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBERS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

AGRICULTURAL CROP RESIDUES; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES; CORN STALK; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; NANOFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (NFC); TEMPO-MEDIATED OXIDATION;

CELLULOSE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CELLULOSE; COLLOID; COMPOSITE; CROP RESIDUE; EQUIPMENT; MAIZE; NANOPARTICLE; STEM;

CELLULOSE FIBERS; CORN STALKS; MIXERS; PLANT RESIDUES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84986307183     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.05.030     Document Type: Article

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