Strong and stiff: High-performance cellulose nanocrystal/poly(vinyl alcohol) composite fibers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 46, 2016, Pages 31500-31504

  Lee, Won Jun ^a   Clancy, Adam J ^a   Kontturi, Eero ^a,b,c   Bismarck, Alexander ^a,c   Shaffer, Milo S P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cellulose nanocrystal; composite; fiber; nanocellulose; poly vinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FIBERS; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REINFORCEMENT; STIFFNESS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); COMPOSITE FIBERS; CRYSTALLINITIES; FIBER STRENGTH; INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS; NANO-CELLULOSE; STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SPINNING;

EID: 84999084717     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b11578     Document Type: Article

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