Rheology and microstructure of aqueous suspensions of nanocrystalline cellulose rods

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 496, Issue , 2017, Pages 130-140

  Xu, Yuan ^a   Atrens, Aleks D ^a   Stokes, Jason R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colloidal rod; Ionic strength; Microstructures; Nanocrystalline cellulose; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; ELASTICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COLLOIDAL ROD; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE(NCC); RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL TECHNIQUES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW KINETICS; PH; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; VISCOSITY;

CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PH; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CELLULOSE; COLLOIDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUSPENSIONS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 85012970288     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.02.020     Document Type: Article

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