Shear rheology of polylactide (PLA)–cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) nanocomposites

Cellulose

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1885-1897

  Bagheriasl, Davood ^a   Carreau, Pierre J ^a   Riedl, Bernard ^b   Dubois, Charles ^a   Hamad, Wadood Y ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs); Dispersion; Nanocomposites; Polylactide; Rheological properties

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYESTERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR THINNING; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); FIRST NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; POLY LACTIDE; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; STEADY STATE VISCOSITY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84992258625     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-016-0914-1     Document Type: Article

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