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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Douglas J. Gardner, Brewer, ME (US);
Yousoo Han, Bangor, ME (US);
Yucheng Peng, Old Town, ME (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Bangor, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 9/00 (2006.01); B29B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of producing dried cellulose nanofibrils includes atomizing an aqueous suspension of cellulose nanofibrils and introducing the atomized aqueous suspension into a drying chamber of a drying apparatus. The aqueous suspension is then dried, thereby forming substantially non-agglomerated dried cellulose nanofibrils.