Composite Cholesteric Nanocellulose Films with Enhanced Mechanical Properties

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 789-795

  Vollick, Brandon ^a   Kuo, Pei Yu ^a   Thérien Aubin, Héloïse ^a   Yan, Ning ^a   Kumacheva, Eugenia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; DICHROISM; FILMS; LATEXES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CHOLESTERIC FILM; FILM FORMATIONS; NANOCELLULOSE FILMS; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; REACTIVE LATEXES; SITU CROSS-LINKING;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

FILM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 85018515721     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04780     Document Type: Article

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