Issue 7, 2012
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Green Chemistry

Nanoreinforced xylan–cellulose composite foams by freeze-casting†

Tobias Köhnke,ab   Angela Lin,c   Thomas Elder,d   Hans Thelianderb  and  Arthur J. Ragauskas*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
E-mail: art.ragauskas@ipst.gatech.edu

b Forest Products and Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

c Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

d USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 2500 Shreveport Highway, Pineville, LA, USA

Abstract

Structured biofoams have been prepared from the readily available renewable biopolymer xylan by employing an ice-templating technique, where the pore morphology of the material can be controlled by the solidification conditions and the molecular structure of the polysaccharide. Furthermore, reinforcement of these biodegradable foams using cellulose nanocrystals shows potential for strongly improved mechanical properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2GC35413F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Mar 2012
Accepted
08 May 2012
First published
01 Jun 2012

Green Chem., 2012,14, 1864-1869

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Nanoreinforced xylan–cellulose composite foams by freeze-casting

T. Köhnke, A. Lin, T. Elder, H. Theliander and A. J. Ragauskas, Green Chem., 2012, 14, 1864 DOI: 10.1039/C2GC35413F

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