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The potential of wood fibers as reinforcement in cellular biopolymers
Wood fiber-reinforced polylactic acid composite foams have been successfully produced using supercritical carbon dioxide. The addition of fibers had a strong effect on microstructure of the foams. An increase in wood fiber content implied smaller average cell size and higher average cell wall thickness as estimated from image analysis of scanning electron microscopy micrographs. Addition of 10 wt% wood fibers seemed to be a limit to obtain foams, with the used processing conditions.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000299347500004
Authors
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Berthold, F.
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Gamstedt, E. K.
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Lindstrom, M.
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Publication date
2012
Publisher
Published in
Volume
48
Issue
1
Start page
71
End page
103
Subjects
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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Available on Infoscience
February 22, 2012
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