Characteristics and safety of nano-sized cellulose fibrils

Cellulose

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3871-3886

  Pitkänen, Marja ^a   Kangas, Heli ^a   Laitinen, Ossi ^b   Sneck, Asko ^a   Lahtinen, Panu ^a   Peresin, Maria Soledad ^a   Niinimäki, Jouko ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanofibrils; Cytotoxicity; Fibrillated cellulose; Genotoxicity; Nano sized cellulose fibrils; Nanocellulose

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY;

CELLULOSE FIBRILS; CELLULOSE NANOFIBRILS; GENOTOXICITIES; NANO-CELLULOSE; SAMPLE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE PRESERVATION; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; TOTAL PROTEIN CONTENTS;

CYTOTOXICITY;

EID: 85027928802     PISSN: 09690239     EISSN: 1572882X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10570-014-0397-x     Document Type: Article

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