Pretreatment assisted synthesis and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals and cellulose nanofibers from absorbent cotton

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 248-257

  Abu Danso, Emmanuel ^a   Srivastava, Varsha ^b   Sillanpää, Mika ^b,c   Bhatnagar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Alkali dissolution; Cellulose

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL; CELLULOSE NANOFIBER; LEAD; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFIBER; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WATER; CELLULOSE; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORBENT COTTON; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEWAXING; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PORE DIAMETER; PORE VOLUME; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZETA POTENTIAL; ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ABSORPTION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL; ADSORPTION; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; COTTON FIBER; LEAD; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 85017424172     PISSN: 01418130     EISSN: 18790003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.03.172     Document Type: Article

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