Evaluation of water absorption of polyvinyl alcohol-starch biocomposite reinforced with sugarcane bagasse nanofibre: Optimization using two-level factorial design

• Main Authors: Asem, Maimunah, Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli, Jimat, Dzun Noraini
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59642/2/mai%20slide%20for%20conference.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59642/30/59642_Evaluation%20of%20water%20absorption%20of%20polyvinyl%20alcohol-starch%20biocomposite%20_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59642/36/59642_Evaluation%20of%20water%20absorption.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59642/; http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/368/1/012005

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