CPC C08B 15/08 (2013.01) [C07G 1/00 (2013.01); C08B 15/00 (2013.01); C08B 15/02 (2013.01); C08B 37/0057 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C08L 1/02 (2013.01); C12P 7/04 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/14 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); C12P 7/28 (2013.01); C12P 7/46 (2013.01); C12P 7/56 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01); D21C 3/04 (2013.01); D21C 3/06 (2013.01); D21C 3/20 (2013.01); D21C 5/00 (2013.01); D21C 5/005 (2013.01); D21C 9/002 (2013.01); D21C 9/007 (2013.01); D21C 9/10 (2013.01); D21C 11/0007 (2013.01); D21H 11/18 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01); C12P 2203/00 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02P 40/40 (2015.11)] | 10 Claims |
1. A nanocellulose composition comprising nanocrystalline cellulose with a cellulose crystallinity of about 80% or greater, wherein said nanocellulose composition contains nanocellulose particles having a surface concentration of lignin that is greater than a bulk concentration of lignin, and wherein said nanocrystalline cellulose is characterized by a nanometer-sized average nanocrystal particle width.
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