Author:Mtibe, Asanda; Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Motaung, TEDate:Jul 2020Biobased polymer and bio-nanocomposites have provided significant improvement in material science, moving towards the development of green materials to replace petro-based materials. The present study investigated the value-added utilisation ...Read more
Author:Abraham, E; Deepa, B; Pothan, LA; Jacob, M; Thomas, S; Cvelbar, U; Anandjiwala, RDate:Jun 2011The objective of this work was to develop a simple process to obtain an aqueous stable colloid suspension of cellulose nano fibrils from various lignocellulosic fibres. For the preliminary analysis we have studied three different fibres: ...Read more
Author:Abraham, E; Deepa, B; Pothan, LA; John, Maya J; Narine, SS; Thomas, S; Anandjiwala, RDate:Nov 2012Cellulose nanofibres (CNF) with diameter 10–60 nm were isolated from raw banana fibres by steam explosion process. These CNF were used as reinforcing elements in natural rubber (NR) latex along with cross linking agents to prepare nanocomposite ...Read more