Cellulose micro/nanofibres from eucalyptus kraft pulp: preparation and properties
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There is growing interest in cellulose nanofibres from renewable sources for several industrial applications. However, there is a lack of information about one of the most abundant cellulose pulps: bleached Eucalyptus kraft pulp. The objective of the present work was to obtain Eucalyptus cellulose micro/nanofibres by three different processes, namely: refining, sonication and acid hydrolysis of the cellulose pulp. The refining was limited by the low efficiency of isolated nanofibrils, while sonication was more effective for this purpose. However, the latter process occurred at the expense of considerable damage to the cellulose structure. The whiskers obtained by acid hydrolysis resulted in nanostructures with lower diameter and length, and high crystallinity. Increasing hydrolysis reaction time led to narrower and shorter whiskers, but increased the crystallinity index. The present work contributes to the different widespread methods used for the production of micro/nanofibres for different applications.
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Acid hydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis are the most commonly employed methods for cellulose nanoparticle isolation.
“Acid hydrolysis (Lu & Hsieh, 2012;Tonoli et al., 2012;Zuluaga et al., 2009) and enzymatic hydrolysis (George, Ramana, Bawa, & Siddaramaiah, 2011;Hassan, Mathew, Hassan, & Oksman, 2010;Pääkko et al., 2007;Satyamurthy, Jain, Balasubramanya, & Vigneshwaran, 2011;Woehl et al., 2010) are the most commonly employed methods.”
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The hydrolysis step is necessary to separate the cellulose fibrils from the cell wall.
“The hydrolysis step is necessary to separate the cellulose fibrils from the cell wall (Tonoli et al., 2012).”
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- Authors
- Tonoli, G. H. D., Teixeira, E. M., Corrêa, A. C., Marconcini, J. M., Caixeta, L. A., Pereira-da-Silva, M. A., & Mattoso, L. H. C.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Lavras (BR)
- Embrapa Instrumentação (BR)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Corresponding author
- Tonoli, G.H.D.
- Venue
- Carbohydrate Polymers
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 80-88
- ISSN
- 0144-8617 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2089714588
- Cited by
- 315
- References
- 58
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- FWCI
- 5.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Carbohydrate Polymers (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (São Paulo Research Foundation, Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - FAPESP (2009/10734-6 and 2007/50863-4)
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais - FAPEMIG
- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos/Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia - FINEP/MCT
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - EMBRAPA
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Lignin and Wood Chemistry
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Keywords
- cellulose nanofibers, eucalyptus kraft pulp, bleached pulp, sonication, acid hydrolysis, mechanical refining, crystallinity, cellulose whiskers
- MeSH terms
- Cellulose, Crystallization, Eucalyptus, Hydrolysis, Microscopy, Sonication, Sulfuric Acids, Thermogravimetry, Plant Preparations, Nanofibers
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