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Cellulose fibres, nanofibrils and microfibrils: The morphological sequence of MFC components from a plant physiology and fibre technology point of view

Nanoscale research letters, 2011-06, Vol.6 (1), p.417-417, Article 417 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Chinga-Carrasco; licensee Springer. 2011. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ;Copyright ©2011 Chinga-Carrasco; licensee Springer. 2011 Chinga-Carrasco; licensee Springer. ;ISSN: 1556-276X ;ISSN: 1931-7573 ;EISSN: 1556-276X ;DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-417 ;PMID: 21711944

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  • Title:
    Cellulose fibres, nanofibrils and microfibrils: The morphological sequence of MFC components from a plant physiology and fibre technology point of view
  • Author: Chinga-Carrasco, Gary
  • Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science ; Materials Science ; Molecular Medicine ; Nano Review ; Nanochemistry ; Nanoscale Science and Technology ; Nanotechnology ; Nanotechnology and Microengineering
  • Is Part Of: Nanoscale research letters, 2011-06, Vol.6 (1), p.417-417, Article 417
  • Description: During the last decade, major efforts have been made to develop adequate and commercially viable processes for disintegrating cellulose fibres into their structural components. Homogenisation of cellulose fibres has been one of the principal applied procedures. Homogenisation has produced materials which may be inhomogeneous, containing fibres, fibres fragments, fibrillar fines and nanofibrils. The material has been denominated microfibrillated cellulose (MFC). In addition, terms relating to the nano-scale have been given to the MFC material. Several modern and high-tech nano-applications have been envisaged for MFC. However, is MFC a nano-structure? It is concluded that MFC materials may be composed of (1) nanofibrils, (2) fibrillar fines, (3) fibre fragments and (4) fibres. This implies that MFC is not necessarily synonymous with nanofibrils, microfibrils or any other cellulose nano-structure. However, properly produced MFC materials contain nano-structures as a main component, i.e. nanofibrils.
  • Publisher: New York: Springer New York
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1556-276X
    ISSN: 1931-7573
    EISSN: 1556-276X
    DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-417
    PMID: 21711944
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