Benchmarking Cellulose Nanocrystals: From the Laboratory to Industrial Production

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1583-1598

  Reid, Michael S ^a   Villalobos, Marco ^b   Cranston, Emily D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CABOT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELLULOSE; CHARACTERIZATION; EXTRACTION; HYDROLYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PURIFICATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TESTING;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONSISTENT PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NANOPARTICLE PROPERTIES; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

ANATOMY; CELLULOSE; ETHANOL; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCTION; SULFURIC ACID;

CELLULOSE; ESTER; NANOPARTICLE; SULFATE;

BENCHMARKING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG STABILITY; INDUSTRY; LABORATORY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

BENCHMARKING; CELLULOSE; DRUG STABILITY; ESTERS; INDUSTRY; LABORATORIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85013629931     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03765     Document Type: Review

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