Microfibrillated cellulose foams obtained by a straightforward freeze–thawing–drying procedure

Cellulose

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3825-3842

  Josset, Sébastien ^a   Hansen, Lynn ^a   Orsolini, Paola ^a   Griffa, Michele ^a   Kuzior, Olga ^a   Weisse, Bernhard ^a   Zimmermann, Tanja ^a   Geiger, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellulose foam; Freeze thawing; Ice templating; Microfibrillated cellulose; Porous structures

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BOTTLES; CELLULOSE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THAWING; UREA;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CELLULOSE FIBRILS; ICE TEMPLATING; MECHANICALLY STABLE; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE; MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE (MFC); POROUS STRUCTURES; PROCESS PARAMETERS;

DRYING;

CELLULOSE; FOAM; THAWING;

EID: 85021157453     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-017-1377-8     Document Type: Article

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