Optimization of cellulose nanocrystal length and surface charge density through phosphoric acid hydrolysis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 376, Issue 2112, 2018, Pages

  Vanderfleet, Oriana M ^a   Osorio, Daniel A ^a   Cranston, Emily D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Atomic force microscopy; Design of experiments; Nanocellulose; Phosphate content; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHARGE DENSITY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ACID HYDROLYSIS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; NANO-CELLULOSE; STATISTICAL MODELING;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 85040048604     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0041     Document Type: Article

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