Author:Abraham, E; Deepa, B; Pothen, LA; Cintil, J; Thomas, S; John, Maya J; Anandjiwala, R; Narine, SSDate:Feb 2013The objective of this work was to develop an environmental friendly method for the effective utilization of coir fibre by adopting steam pre-treatment. The retting of the coconut bunch makes strong environmental problems which can be avoided ...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