Aligning cellulose nanofibril dispersions for tougher fibers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mohammadi, Pezhman ^a   Toivonen, Matti S ^a   Ikkala, Olli ^a   Wagermaier, Wolfgang ^b   Linder, Markus B ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

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EID: 85029829288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12107-x     Document Type: Article

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