Effect of Anisotropy of Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions on Stratification, Domain Structure Formation, and Structural Colors

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 2931-2943

  Klockars, Konrad W ^a   Tardy, Blaise L ^a   Borghei, Maryam ^a   Tripathi, Anurodh ^a,b   Greca, Luiz G ^a   Rojas, Orlando J ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CELLULOSE FILMS; COLOR; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); CHIRAL-NEMATIC FILMS; HIERARCHICAL ASSEMBLIES; OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CELLULOSE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COLOR; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRATIFICATION; SUSPENSION; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY;

ANISOTROPY; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COLOR; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPY; CELLULOSE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85047087252     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00497     Document Type: Article

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