Rheological properties of nanocellulose suspensions: effects of fibril/particle dimensions and surface characteristics

Cellulose

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2499-2510

  Moberg, Tobias ^a,b   Sahlin, Karin ^a,b   Yao, Kun ^b   Geng, Shiyu ^b,c   Westman, Gunnar ^a,b   Zhou, Qi ^b   Oksman, Kristiina ^b,c   Rigdahl, Mikael ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Cellulose nanofibrils; Rheology; Surface characteristics

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLATION; CELLULOSE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFIBERS; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RHEOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CARBOXYLATE CONTENTS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; MECHANICAL SHEARING; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPO-MEDIATED OXIDATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELLULOSE; RHEOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85017431715     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-017-1283-0     Document Type: Article

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