Effect of Aminosilane Modification on Nanocrystalline Cellulose Properties

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sample</td><td class="align_center">Crystallinity index, CrI (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Cellulose</td><td class="align_center">64.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NCC</td><td class="align_center">76.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NCC-AEAPDMS (1 : 1)</td><td class="align_center">61.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NCC-AEAPDMS (1 : 2)</td><td class="align_center">66.7</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NCC-AEAPDMS (1 : 3)</td><td class="align_center">64.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">NCC-AEAPDMS (1 : 4)</td><td class="align_center">65.1</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Percentage of crystallinity index for unmodified and modified NCC-AEAPDMS.

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Table 2: Effect of Aminosilane Modification on Nanocrystalline Cellulose Properties 