Enhanced Toughness and Thermal Stability of Cellulose Nanocrystal Iridescent Films by Alkali Treatment

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 8951-8958

  Nan, Fuchun ^a   Nagarajan, Selvaraj ^a   Chen, Yuwei ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Duan, Yongxin ^a   Men, Yongfeng ^b   Zhang, Jianming ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystals; Crystal transformation; Structural color; Thermal stability; Toughness

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STABILITY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TOUGHNESS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CONDENSED STRUCTURES; CRYSTAL TRANSFORMATION; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS; STRUCTURAL COLOR; SURFACE CHEMICAL STRUCTURES;

CELLULOSE FILMS;

ALKALI TREATMENT; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILM; CRYSTALLINITY; THERMAL STABILITY; TOUGHNESS;

EID: 85030455991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01749     Document Type: Article

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