Multifunctional bionanocomposite films of poly(lactic acid), cellulose nanocrystals and silver nanoparticles

By E. Fortunati, I. Armentano, Qi Zhou, A. Iannoni, E. Saino, L. Visai, L. Berglund, J. Kenny. 2012

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Nanocomposite films were prepared by the addition of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) eventually surfactant modified (s-CNC) and silver (Ag) nanoparticles in the polylactic acid (PLA) matrix using mel ...

Subfields: Biomaterials

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6. W. Hamad
7. M. Arrieta
8. Chuanwei Miao

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