Fractionation of cellulose nanocrystals: enhancing liquid crystal ordering without promoting gelation

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 455-465

  Honorato Rios, Camila ^a   Lehr, Claudius ^a   Schütz, Christina ^a   Sanctuary, Roland ^a   Osipov, Mikhail A ^b   Baller, Jörg ^a   Lagerwall, Jan P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; GELATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; SOLVENTS;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); COLLOIDAL STABILITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL FORMATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASE; LIQUID CRYSTALLINITY; NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS;

ASPECT RATIO;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DISPERSIONS; GELATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERCOLATION; PHASES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 85047360003     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41427-018-0046-1     Document Type: Article

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