Production of cellulose nanocrystals from vine shoots and their use for the development of nanocomposite materials

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Mounir El AchabyAdil Aboulkas

Abstract

In the present work, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) were produced from vine shoots waste using chemical treatments followed by acid hydrolysis process. FTIR analysis confirmed that the non-cellulosic components were progressively removed during the chemical treatments, and the final obtained materials are composed of pure cellulose. AFM and TEM observations showed that the extracted CNC possess a needle-like shape with an average length of 456 nm and an average diameter of 14 nm, giving rise to an average aspect ratio of about 32. The as-extracted CNC exhibit a cellulose I structure with high crystallinity index (82%), as determined by XRD characterization. Importantly, the resulted CNC provide a higher thermal stability in comparison with CNC extracted from other resources, using the same extraction process. The isolated CNC's surface charge density was evaluated by XPS analysis and resulted in ~2.0 sulfate groups per 100 anhydroglucose units. In order to identify the reinforcing ability of the new extracted CNC, Carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposite films were prepared with various CNC contents (1, 3, 5, 8 wt%) and their mechanical properties were investigated by uniaxial tensile test. The results showed that the as-extracted C...Continue Reading

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Jun 7, 2020·Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry·Lacrimioara SenilaCecilia Roman
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