Extraction of cellulose nanocrystals from plant sources for application as reinforcing agent in polymers

• Main Authors: Ng, Hon-Meng, Lee, Tin Sin, Tee, Tiam-Ting, Bee, Soo-Tueen, Hui, David, Low, Chong-Yu, Rahmat, Abdul Razak
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55213/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2015.01.008

In the last few decades, the usages of plant sources-based stiff fillers as reinforcement material in polymer composites have attracted significant interests of researchers. The crystalline part of the semicrystalline cellulose chains as found in the plant cell walls represents the most highly poten...