Cellulose nanofibrils efficiently improve mechanical, thermal and oxygen-barrier properties of all-cellulose composites by nano-reinforcement mechanism and nanofibril-induced crystallization

Nanoscale, 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NR05511C, Paper

Quanling Yang, Tsuguyuki Saito, Lars A. Berglund, Akira Isogai
All-cellulose nanocomposite films containing crystalline TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibril (TOCN) of 0-1 wt % were fabricated by mixing aqueous TOCN dispersions with alkali/urea/cellulose (AUC) solutions at room temperature. The mixtures were...
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