Electrospun green fibres from lignin and chitosan: A novel polycomplexation process for the production of lignin-based fibres

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7949-7958

  Schreiber, Makoto ^a,b   Vivekanandhan, Singaravelu ^a,b,d   Cooke, Peter ^c   Mohanty, Amar Kumar ^a,b   Misra, Manjusri ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VHNSN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITOSAN; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGNIN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

CATIONIC CHITOSANS; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES; POLYELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; POST SPINNINGS;

FIBERS;

EID: 85027938958     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8481-z     Document Type: Article

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