Morphological and Thermochemical Changes upon Autohydrolysis and Microemulsion Treatments of Coir and Empty Fruit Bunch Residual Biomass to Isolate Lignin-Rich Micro- and Nanofibrillar Cellulose

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2483-2492

  Tripathi, Anurodh ^a,b   Ferrer, Ana ^b,d   Khan, Saad A ^a   Rojas, Orlando J ^a,b,c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coir fibers; Defibrillation; Fiber morphology; Micro and nanofibrillar cellulose; Microfluidization; MNFC; Pretreatment; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FIBERS; FRUITS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROEMULSIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COIR FIBERS; DEFIBRILLATION; FIBER MORPHOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIZATION; MNFC; NANOFIBRILLAR CELLULOSE; PRE-TREATMENT;

LIGNIN;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COIR; FIBER STRUCTURE; LIGNINS;

EID: 85014517276     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02838     Document Type: Article

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