Kenaf bast cellulosic fibers hierarchy: a comprehensive approach from micro to nano

• Main Authors: Karimi, Samaneh, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Karimi, Ali, Dufresne, Alain, Abdulkhani, Ali
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34310/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0144861713010084
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Cellulosic fibers from kenaf bast were isolated in three distinct stages. Initially raw kenaf bast fibers were subjected to an alkali pulping process. Then pulped fibers undergone a bleaching process and finally both pulped and bleached fibers were separated into their constituent nanoscale cellulos...